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sanitize
[san′itīz] Etymology: L, sanitas, health to take action needed to clean the environment or a part of it, removing or reducing pathogenic microorganisms and their habitats. Sanitise A euphemism for ex post facto alteration of a patient’s hospital or medical records by rewriting and reformatting, in particular those related to peer review sanitize [san´ĭ-tīz] to clean and sterilize.
sanitize to clean and sterilize.
sanitize Forensic medicine A euphemism for falsification by rewriting and reformatting various hospital records, in particular those related to peer review. See Malpractice. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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