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Noun: sanitation  ,sa-ni'tey-shun
  1. The state of being clean and conducive to health
     
  2. Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
    - sanitization, sanitisation [Brit]

Derived forms: sanitations

Type of: clean, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, sanitariness

Encyclopedia: Sanitation