dietary

[ dahy-i-ter-ee ]
/ ˈdaɪ ɪˌtɛr i /

adjective

of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.

noun, plural di·e·tar·ies.

a regulated allowance of food.
Obsolete. a system or course of diet.

Origin of dietary

1400–50; late Middle English dietarie system of diet. See diet1, -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM dietary

di·e·tar·i·ly, adverb pre·di·e·tar·y, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for dietary

dietary
/ (ˈdaɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to a diet

noun plural -taries

a regulated diet
a system of dieting

Medical definitions for dietary

dietary
[ dīĭ-tĕr′ē ]

adj.

Of or relating to diet.