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di⋅e⋅tet⋅ic

  [dahy-i-tet-ik]
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–adjective Also, di⋅e⋅tet⋅i⋅cal.
1. pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
2. prepared or suitable for special diets, esp. those requiring a restricted sugar intake: a jar of dietetic jelly.
–noun
3. dietetics, (used with a singular verb) the science concerned with the nutritional planning and preparation of foods.
Origin:
1535–45; < L diaeteticus < Gk diatētikós, equiv. to diatē-, var. s. of diaitân to treat, regulate (deriv. of díaita diet 1 ) + -tikos -tic

Related forms:
di⋅e⋅tet⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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di·e·tet·ic   (dī'ĭ-tět'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to diet or its regulation.

  2. Specially prepared or processed for restrictive diets.


[Late Latin diaetēticus, from Greek diaitētikos, from diaita, diet; see diet1.]
di'e·tet'i·cal·ly adv.
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Main Entry: di·etet·ic
Pronunciation: "dI-&-'tet-ik
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to diet
2 : adapted(as by the elimination of salt or sugar) for use in special diets —di·etet·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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dietetic di·e·tet·ic (dī'ĭ-tět'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to diet.

  2. Of or being a food that, naturally or through processing, has a low caloric content.

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