sanitary
adjective/ˈsænətri/
/ˈsænəteri/
- [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.
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- clean; not likely to cause health problems synonym hygienic
- The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’.
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