Definitions for dietetics

dietetics di·e·tet·ic

Spelling: [dahy-i-tet-ik]
IPA: /ˌdaɪ ɪˈtɛt ɪk/

Dietetics is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in dietetics (cdeeiistt).

Definitions for dietetics

noun

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

adjective

  1. pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
  2. prepared or suitable for special diets, especially those requiring a restricted sugar intake:
  3. pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
  4. prepared or suitable for special diets, especially those requiring a restricted sugar intake:

Origin of dietetics

1535-45; Latin diaeteticus Greek diatētikós, equivalent to diatē-, variant stem of diaitân to treat, regulate (derivative of díaita diet1) + -tikos

Examples for dietetics

A pre-Elizabethan dietetic millennium is a retrospective mirage.

But what bearing has all this upon the dietetic use of nuts?

Neither do I see how it can do any good to you, since you know not the rules, moral or dietetic, that are essential to its effect.

Not from a dietetic point of view, but regarded historically.

We may not know their dietetic value, but we all remember how good and how satisfying they are.

As much can be said for the majority of the dietetic regulations.

The dietetic management of the two affections should be the same.

Pork is one of the vilest articles ever introduced into the dietetic world.

In dietetic and medicinal qualities, these fruits are also much alike.

Some of them have dietetic fads and no food out of which the life has been cooked is eaten.

So he must know something of dietetics and he must have a balanced diet.

We were ignorant of dietetics; all we knew was that our stomachs cried for plenty of fat.

dietetics is the art of sustaining the normal repair of the organism.

But, it will be asked, is appetite infallible as a guide in dietetics?

Yet back, hidden away in the manager's mind, is the science of dietetics.

dietetics, theory and practice of, introduced by transcendentalists, 150.

They may restrict themselves to a simpler system of dietetics.

The most interesting of his writings, however, is a series of letters on dietetics written for the son of his patron Saladin.

A good, nourishing meal always contributes more to health than many lectures on dietetics.

In the matter of dietetics Nature is a safer guide than the chemist.

Word Value for dietetics
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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