dietary

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/ / /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/

Etymology: From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).

Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats.
“If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.”
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.”

Etymology: From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).

A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
“In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.”
A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
““Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble.”
“I cannot speak with any confidence of the pre-war dietary of asylum patients, which no doubt differs widely in different asylums.”