dietetist

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noun

A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.

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Meanings

noundietetist (plural dietetists)

plural dietetists

  1. A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.

    Dietet′ists[…]. Physicians, who apply only the rules of dietetics to their treatment of disease.

    1833, Robley Dunglison, “Dietet′ists”, in A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature, […], volumes I (A–L), Boston, Mass.: […] [E. W. Metcalf and Company] for Charles Bowen, →OCLC, page 305, column 1

Origin

From dietetics + -ist.

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APA

dietetist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dietetist

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Chicago

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