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dietary
[ dahy-i-ter-ee ]
/ ĖdaÉŖ ÉŖĖtÉr i /
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adjective
of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
noun, plural diĀ·eĀ·tarĀ·ies.
a regulated allowance of food.
Obsolete. a system or course of diet.
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OTHER WORDS FROM dietary
diĀ·eĀ·tarĀ·iĀ·ly, adverbpreĀ·diĀ·eĀ·tarĀ·y, adjectiveWords nearby dietary
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British Dictionary definitions for dietary
dietary
/ (ĖdaÉŖÉtÉrÉŖ, -trÉŖ) /
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
[ dÄ«ā²Ä-tÄrā²Ä ]
adj.
Of or relating to diet.
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