dietitian, dietician
(dī-ĕ-tĭsh′ăn )
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An individual whose training and experience are in the area of nutrition and who has the ability to apply that information to the dietary needs of the healthy and sick.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Dietitian, Dietician." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744409/all/registered_dietitian.
Dietitian, dietician. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744409/all/registered_dietitian. Accessed February 17, 2026.
Dietitian, dietician. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744409/all/registered_dietitian
Dietitian, Dietician [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 February 17]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744409/all/registered_dietitian.
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