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Webster 1913 Edition
Dietitian
{
Di′et-ist
,Diˊe-ti′tian
, }Noun.
One skilled in dietetics.
[R.]
Definition 2024
dietitian
dietitian
English
Alternative forms
Noun
dietitian (plural dietitians)
- A person who studies or practices dietetics.
- 2013, Nutrition for Nursing, Edition 5.0, Assessment Technologies Institute, page 142:
- The dietitian works with the client to develop meal planning that meets the client's needs based on healthy food choices.
- 2013, Nutrition for Nursing, Edition 5.0, Assessment Technologies Institute, page 142:
Usage notes
- Professionals in the field prefer dietitian to dietician and most corpora show the preferred spelling to be significantly more common, but BNC shows them about equally common in the UK. The Corpus of Global Web-based English (GloWbE) shows the preferred spelling about 40% more common.
Translations
person who studies or practices dietetics
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References
- ↑ International Confederation of Dietetic Associations Dietetics Around the World, "The “c” in dietitians – a long history and fading future (maybe)", 2010, vol. 17 issue 2