regimen
- Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- regime(defs 1, 2).
- Grammar. government(def 9).
Origin of regimen
Related Words for regimen
menu, procedure, regime, control, government, process, administration, system, rule, dietExamples from the Web for regimen
Contemporary Examples of regimen
An 18-year-old male is unlikely to stick to a regimen of drugs with those kinds of side effects.
Historical Examples of regimen
Regimen and not medicine is the true cure, when a man has time at his disposal.
TimaeusPlato
Wentwort' must go to his regimen', and my ot'er officers are all occupi'.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
She commenced by taxing him with his book against her 'regimen.'
John KnoxA. Taylor Innes
The regimen I had to undergo on this occasion was far from agreeable.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)John Gibson Lockhart
We follow exactly what you have prescribed for their regimen and their studies.
Hortense, Makers of History SeriesJohn S. C. Abbott
regimen
- Also called: regime a systematic way of life or course of therapy, often including exercise and a recommended diet
- administration or rule
Word Origin for regimen
Word Origin and History for regimen
c.1400, medical, "course of diet, exercise, etc. for sake of health;" mid-15c., "act of governing," from Old French regimen (14c.), from Latin regimen "rule, guidance, government, means of guidance, rudder," from regere "to rule" (see regal).
regimen
(rĕj′ə-mən, -mĕn′)- A regulated system, as of diet, therapy, or exercise, intended to promote health or achieve another beneficial effect.
- A course of intense physical training.