Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to diet or its regulation.
- adj. Specially prepared or processed for restrictive diets.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to diet; specifically, relating to medical rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
Wiktionary
- adj. Relating to diet.
- adj. Relating to preparation for those on a restricted diet.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to the diet
Etymologies
- From English diaeteticus, from διαιτητικὀσ (diaitetikos). (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin diaetēticus, from Greek diaitētikos, from diaita, diet; see diet1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Also may not be an approved method of spelling the word dietetic, either.”
“One can, however, maintain good health without being what might be termed a dietetic crank.”
“To compare the potential benefits of two popular dietetic approaches, the authors tracked nearly 300 overweight men and women between the ages of 35 and 75 who were on a new, two-year nutritional program.”
USA Today: Study: Calories, not protein or carbs, are key to weight loss
“There was an undeniable wholesomeness to the evening: record-shattering ticket sales, endearing uniformed Scout greeters, dietetic menu items asparagus shots, anyone?”
The Wall Street Journal: At Girl Scouts Gala, Lots of Smart Cookies
“Case in point: Karen Selling, a dietetic technician, says she and her husband, Christopher, a diesel mechanic, of Shelton, Conn., have been on dozens of interviews over the past two years, but neither has been hired because of their credit histories.”
The Wall Street Journal: For Job-Seekers, a New Push to Keep Financial Skeletons Buried
“Maybe someone should send him one though, sugar substitutes used in dietetic candy usually cause diarrhea if eaten too much.”
“I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.”
The Oath of Hippocrates or Hypocrisy? America, Choose your Medicine
“Working with producer-director Robert Kenner, the dietetic duo outlines the entirety of the agro-industrial complex that controls our food production from the genes of the seeds to the labeling of finished product.”
Paul McRandle: Food, Inc. Film Review: Are We Ready to Fight for a Safe Burger?
“A network of unmarried women was encouraged to acquire professional training and usually provided the medical, dietetic, and “case work” expertise utilized to instruct immigrant women and their daughters.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dietetic’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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Mirrored Vowels
Rules:
• The word must have an even number of vowels.
• There must be four or more vowels; thus, at minimum, an A-A-A-A or A-B-B-A pattern.
• The vowels must appear in a mir...feminine, solicitor, caruncular, repackager, semiprimes, fetishises, decomposer, demonlover, recomposer, sepultures, lipotropic, colesterol and 385 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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-ic ending
Words ending in ic, tic or nic.
clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Words and phrases from Dick's novel
phone-grid transe..., pol, nat, six, Callisto cuddle s..., gelatinlike, quibble, hot-compart, crampedly, micromag, schmalch, blep and 48 more...
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I've Run a Fowles.
Words from The Magus
magus, bougainvillea, innermost, numen, imbricate, bilges, sandal-wood, incorporeal, fleshpot, desipience, batrachian, caique and 82 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for dietetic.
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