Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. free from filth and pathogens;
- Example: "sanitary conditions for preparing food"
- Example: "a sanitary washroom"
[syn: sanitary, healthful]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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

