/ ˈsænətri; NAmE -teri/ adjective
1.
[ only before noun ] connected with keeping places clean and healthy to live in, especially by removing human waste :
Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps.
The hut had no cooking or sanitary facilities.
2.
clean; not likely to cause health problems
SYN hygienic :
The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been.
OPP insanitary
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from French sanitaire , from Latin sanitas health, from sanus healthy.