Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanitation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanitation \San`i*ta"tion\, n.
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary
conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary
measures; hygiene.
How much sanitation has advanced during the last half
century. --H.
Hartshorne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sanitation
n 1: the state of being clean and conducive to health
2: making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
[syn: {sanitization}, {sanitisation}]
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