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DIETICIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist in the study of diet and nutrition

Synonyms:

dietician; dietitian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dietician" is a kind of...):

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

Derivation:

diet (the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods))

diet (the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal))

diet (a prescribed selection of foods)

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