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That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.

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  1. n. That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.
  2. n. the scientific study of food preparation and intake
  3. That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer.
  4. That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to dietor food; rules for diet.To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether ornot bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer.
  5. n:100 n. the scientific study of food preparation and intake