dietitian - Wiktionary

dietitian Contents English Alternative forms Etymology Pronunciation Noun Usage notes Translations References Anagrams

English Alternative forms dietician

Etymology Irregular spelling of diet + -ician, probably influenced by dietetic[1]

Pronunciation IPA (key): /datn/

Noun dietitian (plural dietitians) 1. A person who studies or practices dietetics. [quotations t]

Usage notes Professionals in the field prefer dietitian to dietician and most corpora show the preferred spelling to be significantly more common, but BNC shows them about equally common in the UK. The Corpus of Global Web-based English (GloWbE) shows the preferred spelling about 40% more common.

Translations

±person who studies or practices dietetics

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References 1. ^ International Confederation of Dietetic Associations Dietetics Around the World, "The “c” in dietitians – a long history and fading future (maybe)", 2010, vol. 17 issue 2 [1] (http://www.internationaldietetics.org/Ne wsletter/Vol17Issue2/Feature-Article/The-c-in-dietitians-a-long-history-and-fading-futu.aspx)

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