dietetic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to diet, nutrition, or the regulation of food for health

   The physician recommended dietetic changes before prescribing medicine.

2. 2
   adj

   prepared or selected for a restricted or therapeutic diet

   The clinic supplied dietetic meals with carefully controlled salt levels.

From Late Latin diaeteticus, from Ancient Greek diaitetikos ("relating to a way of life or regimen"), ultimately from diaita ("mode of life, diet"). The historical spelling diaetetic preserves the Greek-derived ae sequence.

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