English edit

Etymology edit

dietetics +‎ -ist

Noun edit

dietetist (plural dietetists)

  1. A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.
    • 1833, Robley Dunglison, “Dietet′ists”, in A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature, [], volumes I (A–L), Boston, Mass.: [] [E. W. Metcalf and Company] for Charles Bowen, →OCLC, page 305, column 1:
      Dietet′ists []. Physicians, who apply only the rules of dietetics to their treatment of disease.