regimen
Americannoun
-
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
-
Grammar. government.
noun
-
Also called: regime. a systematic way of life or course of therapy, often including exercise and a recommended diet
-
administration or rule
Etymology
Origin of regimen
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: rule, government, guidance, equivalent to reg ( ere ) to rule + -i- -i- + -men, noun suffix of result
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The regimen combines two distinct medications, one fewer than Biktarvy, into a single treatment.
From Barron's
The accord extended a mostly free-trade regimen among the three nations, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.
From Los Angeles Times
The signature accord extended a mostly free-trade regimen between the three nations, replacing the previous North American Free Trade Agreement.
From Los Angeles Times
In Philadelphia: In “Rocky,” Sylvester Stallone’s character runs up the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 72 steps as part of the boxer’s grueling training regimen.
The tricky thing is that artificial-intelligence training programs are like exercise regimens.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
