sitology

[ sahy-tol-uh-jee ]
/ saɪˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun

the branch of medicine dealing with nutrition and dietetics.

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON THESE WORDS FROM BROWN GIRL DREAMING!

Visualize yourself passing this quiz on words from Jacqueline Woodson’s exquisite verse novel “Brown Girl Dreaming,” and then take the quiz to prove you can do it! (Because you can.)
Question 1 of 10
What does “barren” mean?
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides.
Worn down by dullness, tedious repetition.
unproductive; unfruitful
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of sitology

First recorded in 1860–65; sito- + -logy

Words nearby sitology

sit-ins, Sitka, sitkamer, Sitka spruce, sito-, sitology, sitomania, sit on, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sitophobia
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for sitology

sitology
/ (saɪˈtɒlədʒɪ) /

noun

the scientific study of food, diet, and nutrition

Word Origin for sitology

C19: from Greek sitos food, grain + -logy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012