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dietary

[ dahy-i-ter-ee ]
/ ˈdaɪ ɪˌtɛr i /
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adjective

of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.

noun, plural di·e·tar·ies.

a regulated allowance of food.
Obsolete. a system or course of diet.

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Origin of dietary

1400–50; late Middle English dietarie system of diet. See diet1, -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM dietary

di·e·tar·i·ly, adverbpre·di·e·tar·y, adjective

Words nearby dietary

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Words related to dietary

succulent, good, edible, fit, safe, kosher, delicious, savory, comestible, restriction, regimen, fast, starvation, regime, digestible, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, salutary, nutritive

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British Dictionary definitions for dietary

dietary
/ (ˈdaɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to a diet

noun plural -taries

a regulated diet
a system of dieting
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Medical definitions for dietary

dietary
[ dī′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]

adj.

Of or relating to diet.
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