dietetic

[dahy-i-tet-ik]

adjective

1. pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.

2. prepared or suitable for special diets, diet, especially those requiring a restricted sugar intake.

   a jar of dietetic jelly.

noun

1. (used with a singular verb),  dietetics, the science concerned with the nutritional planning and preparation of foods.

dietetic

/ ˌdaɪɪˈtɛtɪk /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to diet or the regulation of food intake

2. prepared for special dietary requirements

Other Word Forms

• dietetically adverb
• nondietetic adjective
• nondietetically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dietetic¹

1535–45; < Latin diaeteticus < Greek diatētikós, equivalent to diatē-, variant stem of diaitân to treat, regulate (derivative of díaita diet ¹ ) + -tikos -tic

Example Sentences

“Recipes From the American South” presents food that has not been modified to assuage present-day dietetic anxieties.

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There is plenty to think about during the holy month of Ramadan, dietetic and otherwise.

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Still, many of these practitioners feel frustrated as they try to nudge the dietetic establishment toward change.

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There were delays in her treatment and, over a weekend at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, no specialist dietetic or psychiatric help was sought.

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Their advertisements in The Swiss Monthly, a long-vanished periodical dedicated to horoscopes and the autobiographies of amateur alpinists, ran amid ones for “dietetic specialties” and “colonial goods.”

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