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/suy tol"euh jee/, n.the branch of medicine dealing with nutrition and dietetics.[1860-65; SITO- + -LOGY]
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Sitology — Si*tol o*gy, n. [Gr. ???? food + logy.] A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also {sitiology}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sitology — [sī täl′ə jē] n. [ SITO + LOGY] the study of foods, food values, nutrition, diet, etc.; dietetics … English World dictionary
sitology — dietetics Sciences and Studies … Phrontistery dictionary
sitology — n. dietetics, science concerned with nutrition and diet as related to health (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
sitology — si·tol·o·gy … English syllables
sitology — n. treatise on food or diet; science of diet. ♦ sitomania, n. abnormal craving for food. ♦ sitophobia, n. morbid dread of eating; aversion to food; loss of appetite. ♦ sitotoxism, n. vegetable food poisoning … Dictionary of difficult words
sitology — sīˈtäləjē, sə̇ˈt noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sito + logy : the science of nutrition and dietetics … Useful english dictionary
sitiology — Sitology Si*tol o*gy, n. [Gr. ???? food + logy.] A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also {sitiology}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
List of sciences ending in -logy — The sciences in the following list have names formed with the suffix logy . Words ending in logy which are not sciences can be found in the list of non sciences ending in logy. A*Acarology, the study of ticks and mites *Actinobiology, the study… … Wikipedia
dietetics — [dī΄ə tetiks] n. the study of the kinds and quantities of food needed for health * * * di·e·tet·ics (dī ĭ tĕtʹĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The study of nutrition as it relates to health. Also called sitology. * * * … Universalium
