SANITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sanitation mean? 

• SANITATION (noun)
  The noun SANITATION has 2 senses:

1. the state of being clean and conducive to health

2. making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

  Familiarity information: SANITATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being clean and conducive to health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sanitation" is a kind of...):

sanitariness (the state of being conducive to health)

Derivation:

sanitate (provide with sanitary facilities or appliances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sanitation; sanitisation; sanitization

Hypernyms ("sanitation" is a kind of...):

cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)

 Context examples 

In countries with poor sanitation, 90% of the adult population can be infected.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Thesaurus)

You may get it if you travel to parts of the world with inadequate water treatment and poor sanitation, and lack of sewage treatment.

(Cholera, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

It usually occurs in malnourished children in areas of poor sanitation and immunocompromised patients.

(Gangrenous Stomatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Poor quality, densely populated housing and inadequate sanitation systems may foster sandfly breeding sites and increase their access to humans.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)

Sian White, a researcher on water, sanitation and hygiene behaviour change at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says people living in water-stressed regions have to make decisions about how they use their limited water resources.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

Inventions that render the facilities more water-efficient, they reason, could have a profound impact on wastewater management, sustainable water use, and sanitation, possibly cutting the amount of water used to flush waste by, reportedly, a factor of two.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years of age and is responsible for killing some 525,000 children every year, according to the WHO, while UNICEF says nearly 60 per cent of deaths due to diarrhoea worldwide are attributable to unsafe drinking water and poor hygiene and sanitation.

(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

It is envisaged that the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology could one day be used in the developing countries in areas lacking sanitation and installed in homes in the developed countries to help clean waste before it flows into the municipal sewerage network, reducing the burden on water companies to treat effluent.

(Electricity from Sewage: Process Also Kills Germs, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The infection is common in crowded living conditions with poor sanitation.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Thesaurus)