sanitation

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The study and application of procedures and measures designed to protect public health, as in the provision of clean water and the disposal of sewage and waste.

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The disposal of sewage and waste.

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The practical application of knowledge and science to the preservation of health; the putting and keeping in a sanitary condition.

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The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

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The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.

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The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

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making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

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the state of being clean and conducive to health