Category:Regimen

Reg"i*men (rj"*mn), n. Etym: [l. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, To rule. See right, and cf. Regal, régime, regiment.]

1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. Hallam.

2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial Effects by gradual operation; esp. (med.),

Defn: a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to Improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining Some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used Synonymously with hygiene.

3. (gram.) (a) a syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on Another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; Government. (b) the word or words governed.