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sanitary

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sanitary/ˈsanətri/

▶adjective

1 relating to conditions affecting hygiene and health.

2 hygienic.

3 denoting or relating to sanitary towels and tampons.

– derivatives
sanitarily adverb,
sanitariness noun.

– origin C19: from Fr. sanitaire, from L. sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’.

'sanitary' also found in these Oxford entries:

cordon sanitaire - furphy - hygienic - napkin - sanitarian - sanitary towel - sanitation - Tampax - unsanitary

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