sanitation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sanitation
    n 1: the state of being clean and conducive to health
    2: making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
       [syn: {sanitation}, {sanitization}, {sanitisation}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         How much sanitation has advanced during the last half
         century.                                 --H.
                                                  Hartshorne.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "sanitation":
      antisepsis, decontamination, disinfection, disinfestation,
      epidemiology, flash pasteurization, fumigation, health physics,
      hygenics, hygiene, hygienics, mental hygiene, pasteurization,
      preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, prophylactic psychology,
      prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, sterilization
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