REGIMEN

regimen, regime

(noun) (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

regimen (plural regimens or regimina)

Orderly government; system of order; administration.

(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.

(grammar) object

The Popular Educator. A Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume III., page 394 (Lessions in French.---LVIII. § 42.---Of Verbs)

(grammar) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

(medicine, dated) Diet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons.

Anagrams

• germine, mereing, reeming

Source: Wiktionary


Reg"i*men (rj"*mn), n. Etym: [L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal, Régime, Regiment.]

1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. Hallam.

2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.),

Definition: a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

3. (Gram.) (a) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government. (b) The word or words governed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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