also Brit  san*i*tise  vt, -tized  also Brit  -tised  -tiz*ing  also Brit  -tis*ing  :  to make sanitary (as by cleaning or sterilizing) <if the apparatus is not properly sanitized, pathogens may be disseminated to subsequent patients -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>  san*i*ti*za*tion also Brit  san*i*ti*sa*tion  n 
 
 
 
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