Sanitary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanitary \San"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. sanitas health: cf. F. sanitaire.
     See {Sanity}.]
     Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve
     health; relating to the preservation or restoration of
     health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note
     under {Sanatory}.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Sanitary Commission}. See under {Commission}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sanitary
       adj : free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for
             preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" [syn: {healthful}]
             [ant: {unsanitary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "sanitary":
     antiseptic, aseptic, beneficial, benign, boiled, bracing, clean,
     constitutional, decontaminated, disinfected, good, good for,
     health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful, healthy, hygeian,
     hygienic, invigorating, pasteurized, prophylactic, refreshing,
     salubrious, salutary, sterile, sterilized, tonic, uninfected,
     unpolluted, wholesome