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dietetic
[ dahy-i-tet-ik ]
noun
- dietetics, (used with a singular verb) the science concerned with the nutritional planning and preparation of foods.
dietetic
/ ˌdaɪɪˈtɛtɪk /
adjective
- denoting or relating to diet or the regulation of food intake
- prepared for special dietary requirements
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Derived Forms
- ˌdieˈtetically, adverb
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Other Words From
- die·teti·cal·ly adverb
- nondi·e·tetic adjective
- nondi·e·teti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
It must be made perfectly clear, said the bishop, that Christianity was a religion, and not a dietetic dogma.
The vestry declined to compromise, and insisted on allowing tobacco as a non-dietetic indulgence.
For instance the three departments of medicine are the rhetorical, the dietetic, and the surgical and pharmaceutical.
Excess of starch, so my experience has convinced me, is the deadliest of all dietetic errors.
This brings up my dietetic history, to the period at which it commences, in the letter to Dr. North.
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