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Definition of Dietary

1. Noun. A regulated daily food allowance.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the diet. "Dietary restrictions"

Definition of Dietary

1. a. Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.

2. n. A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.

Definition of Dietary

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to diet ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dietary

1. a system of dieting [n -ETARIES]

Medical Definition of Dietary

1. Relating to the diet. (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dietary

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dietarian dietarians dietaries dietarily dietary (current term) dietary carbohydrate dietary fat dietary fiber dietary fibre dietary fibres

dietary indiscretion dietary protein dietary services dietary sucrose dietary supplement dietary supplements dieted dieter

Literary usage of Dietary

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1. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"The physician must emphasize the critical importance of dietary change. ... The physician should explore the patient's dietary history. ..."

2. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Best Sources of Fat-Soluble A.—There has been much interest shown among a group of chemists in the problem of determining the nature of the dietary ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"These dietary components have previously been shown to alter the ... These dams and their litters were then maintained on the same dietary regimens until ..."

4. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Risk Reduction Objectives 2.5* Reduce dietary fat intake to an average of 30 ... Saturated fat intake is the major dietary determinant of serum total ..."

5. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"dietary cholesterol intake may also influence serum cholesterol levels, especially low-density-lipo- protein (LDL) cholesterol levels, but the association ..."

6. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1918)
"CHAPTER XIV dietary STANDARDS AND THE ECONOMIC USE OF FOOD The General Problem of a dietary Standard IT is sometimes asked whether a normal appetite does ..."

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