regimen

[ rej-uh-muhn, -men, rezh- ]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
2. regime ( defs 1, 2 ).
3. Grammar. government ( def 9 ).

regimen

/ ˈrɛdʒɪˌmɛn /

noun

1. Also calledregime a systematic way of life or course of therapy, often including exercise and a recommended diet
2. administration or rule

Word History and Origins

Origin of regimen¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: rule, government, guidance, equivalent to reg ( ere ) to rule + -i- -i- + -men, noun suffix of result

Word History and Origins

Origin of regimen¹

C14: from Latin: guidance

Example Sentences

Although they dress like nuns styled by Jean Paul Gaultier and hold titles like Reverend Mother, they adhere to a regimen of martial arts training and learn how to be living lie detectors.

From Salon

He and Mateljan are back on the courts at Redondo Union three days later, doing a post mortem of his performance in Vegas: his low volleys, his training regimen, his ability to read the ball.

From Los Angeles Times

When she couldn’t keep up with the regimen prescribed to her, she said, “I just started letting my life be normal again, and this takes everything, and I wanted something back,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve been on the skincare regimen since I was 6, literally.

From Los Angeles Times

“I haven’t had to alter my body in that way,” says Strong, who underwent a doctor-supervised “starvation diet” and a regimen of tanning booth visits and biweekly spray tans to match Cohn’s notoriously leathery look.

From Los Angeles Times

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