dietetics

Word Origin & History

1540s, see dietetic + -ics.

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

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

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

They may restrict themselves to a simpler system of dietetics.

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

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

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

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

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.

Relevance ranks synonyms and suggests the best matches based on how closely a synonym’s sense matches the sense you selected.

Relevance

A-Z

Length

noun food

noun. food