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Diet
Medical Definition: | Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. This does not include DIET THERAPY, a specific diet prescribed in the treatment of a disease. |
Guide Notes: | what a person usually eats: do not confuse with DIET THERAPY, what a physician prescribes to treat a condition; GEN or unspecified; prefer specific diets; /trends: do not confuse with DIET FADS; differentiation among food & diet headings: Manual 31.5; in |
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Diet, Atherogenic |
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Diet, Cariogenic |
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Fasting - Abstaining from all food. |
Diet Medical Definitions and Terms
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