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DIETETICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The scientific study of food preparation and intake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dietetics" is a kind of...):
bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dietetics"):
macrobiotics (the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains))
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