salubrity


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sa·lu·bri·ous

 (sə-lo͞o′brē-əs)
adj.
Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.

[From Latin salūbris, from salūs, health; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

sa·lu′bri·ous·ly adv.
sa·lu′bri·ous·ness, sa·lu′bri·ty (-brĭ-tē) n.
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Noun1.salubrity - the quality of being salubrious and invigorating
healthfulness - the quality of promoting good health
insalubriousness, insalubrity - the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating
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salubrity

[səˈluːbrɪtɪ] Nsalubridad f
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To these flourishing resolutions, which briefly recounted the general utility of education, the political and geographical rights of the village of Templeton to a participation in the favors of the regents of the university, the salubrity of the air, and wholesomeness of the water, together with the cheapness of food and the superior state of morals in the neighbor hood, were uniformly annexed, in large Roman capitals, the names of Marmaduke Temple as chairman and Richard Jones as secretary.
Also I think of changing my residence for a time: probably I shall close or let `The Shrubs,' and take some place near the coast--under advice of course as to salubrity. That would be a measure which you would recommend?"
Micawber, 'I rejoice to reply that they are, likewise, in the enjoyment of salubrity.'
Decision, salubrity, jocosity, prosperity, seem to hover within his call; he is evidently a practical man, but the idea in his case, has undefined and mysterious boundaries, which invite the imagination to bestir itself on his behalf.
Louis, in questioning the perfect salubrity of its climate, and in hinting that I think it must rather dispose to fever, in the summer and autumnal seasons.
The neighborhood is not always a solidary place, and the child's very humanity or the mother's salubrity are often put into question.
Schools and churches were nearby and "the popularity of Callander as a health resort is proof of the salubrity of the climate while the burgh and parish rates stand as the lowest of almost any parish or burgh in the country.
Throughout the twentieth century, medicalization transcended purely medical issues related to salubrity and disease, taking on a regulatory role through which the limits between normal and abnormal were defined in various fields.
Food security in Kuwait is not limited to adequate supply, rather, salubrity and food freshness are among factors taken into account in efforts to grant the populace unlimited access to food.
Vivani Salubrity SA Slobozia is in charge of the selective collection of recycled waste (made out of PET, plastic, paper, cardboard) from the domestic waste in the urban localities in Ialomita county and has opened bias points in Urziceni and Fetesti, where transfer stations function, which have as activity object the temporary storage of domestic waste collected by the economical agents in the assigned localities.