dietary

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diētārius, from Latin diaetārius, from diaeta + -ārius.

adj

  1. Of, or relating to diet.
    If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.
  2. Comprising a food source.
    For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp. January 21, 2016, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

noun

  1. (UK, dated) A regulated diet.

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