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101diet — [13] Diet comes, via Old French diete and Latin diaeta, from Greek díaita ‘mode of life’. This was used by medical writers, such as Hippocrates, in the specific sense ‘prescribed mode of life’, and hence ‘prescribed regimen of food’. It has been… …
102diet — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the kinds of food that a person or animal habitually eats. 2 a special course of food to which a person is restricted, esp. for medical reasons or to control weight. 3 a regular occupation or series of activities to which one is… …
103Diet aid — In dieting, a diet aid is anything that assists in weight loss such as anti obesity drugs, nutritional supplements, exercise equipment, portion control dinner plates [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6238740.stm BBC] article Plate aids… …
104Diet of Roncaglia — The Diet of Roncaglia was held in 1158 near Piacenza as a general assembly of the nobles and ecclesiasts of the Holy Roman Empire and representatives of each of the fourteen Lombard League cities. It followed a series of raids carried out by the… …
105Diet of Regensburg (1623) — The Diet of Regensburg was a meeting of the Imperial States of the Holy Roman Empire (or Fürstentag) convened by Ferdinand II in 1623. At it the Electoral Palatinate was transferred to Maximilian I. The meeting marked the high watermark of… …
106Diet — The main food items in ancient Egypt were bread and beer. Depending on wealth, the diet could be supplemented by fish from the Nile; such fowl as ducks and geese, either domestic or killed in the wild; and meat in the form of cattle, sheep, or …
107diet therapy — treatment of disease by regulation of the diet; called also dietotherapy, nutritional t., and trophotherapy …
108Diet — n. National Diet of Japan, Japan s legislature that consists of two houses (the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors) …
109diet regimen — system of diet for improving one s health …
110diet of worms — a corpse Modern scientists tell us that the process of corporal dissolution is fungal, with worms obtaining little sustenance. Happily in 1670 or thereabouts Marvell knew better: ... then worms shall try That long preserved… …
