dietetist

English

Etymology

From dietetics +‎ -ist.

Noun

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.