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dietetist

dietetist noun: a physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.

Noun

dietetist (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...

Forms of dietetist

pluraldietetists

Origin of dietetist

From dietetics + -ist.

Questions about dietetist

What does dietetist mean?
Dietetist means a physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.
What part of speech is dietetist?
Dietetist is a noun.
What is the plural of dietetist?
The plural of dietetist is dietetists.

Words near dietetist in the dictionary

  1. dietetical
  2. dietetically
  3. dietetician
  4. dieteticians
  5. dietetics
  6. dietetist
  7. dietetists
  8. dietetitian
  9. dieth
  10. diethadione
  11. diethanolamine

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