dietetician

English

Etymology

From dietetics +‎ -ician. By surface analysis, dietetic +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪətɪˈtɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

dietetician (plural dieteticians)

1. (dated) Synonym of dietitian
   • 1826, The Literary Gazette, volume 10, page 467:

     If he were an ultra-dietetician, we might dare to resist and deal with him […]

   • 1857 November 14, The Lancet, page 501:

     The knowledge imparted by the Appendix will be most useful to the physician and dietetician.

   • 1909, The Journal of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, page 287:

     When most hospitals and other institutions have an expert dietetician, whose duty is not only to teach the preparation of food for the sick, but also to select diets for those who are convalescent or well, […]

   • 1914, New York State Journal of Medicine, volume 14, page 463:

     There are many problems to be met by the social service dietetician.

   • 1930, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, page 26:

     I think that every large hospital should now have an expert dietetician […]

   • 1932, Nosokomeion, page 52:

     It is becoming uncommon to find a large well-equipped hospital which does not employ a dietetician.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diététicien.

Noun

dietetician m (plural dieteticieni, feminine equivalent dieteticiană)

1. dietitian

Declension

Declension of dietetician

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dietetician	dieteticianul		dieteticieni	dieteticienii
genitive-dative	dietetician	dieteticianului		dieteticieni	dieteticienilor
vocative	dieteticianule			dieteticienilor

Related terms

• dietă
• dietetic
• dietetică

References

• dietetician in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)