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dietetics /di·e·tet·ics/ (-iks) the science of diet and nutrition.
di·e·tet·ics (d-ttks)
n.
The branch of therapeutics concerned with the practical application of diet in relation to health and disease.

dietetics
[dī′itet′iks]
the science of applying nutritional principles to the planning and preparation of foods and regulation of the diet in relation to both health and disease.

dietetics,
n the science of applying nutritional principles to the planning and preparation of foods and the regulation of the diet in relation to both health and disease.

dietetics
the science of diet and nutrition.


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