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Definition: Regimen |
RegimenNoun1. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "regimen" was first used: 1456. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | In climatology, term used to characterize the seasonal distribution of one or more elements at a given place. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The condition of a stream or its channel as regards their stability. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | A treatment plan that specifies the dosage, the schedule, and the duration of treatment. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: RegimenSynonym: regime (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese. |
Remedy | Treatment, medical treatment, regimen; dietary, dietetics; vis medicatrix, vis medicatrix naturae; medecine expectante; bloodletting, bleeding, venesection, phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; |
Cure, treatment, regimen; radical cure, perfect cure, certain cure; sovereign remedy. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Regimen |
| English words defined with "regimen": diet ♦ Gerocomy ♦ Regiminal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "regimen": Clinical Protocols ♦ flood plain ♦ Milieu Therapy ♦ Patient Compliance, Pharmacotherapy, phase II/III trial. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Regimen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (administration, government, guidance, regime, regimen, rule), Spanish (behaviour, manner). |
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Screenplays | Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | A simple blood test that checks the blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels in cattle can help producers fine-tune their herd's feeding regimen. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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Health | This regimen may cause bleeding similar to menstrual periods in most women. (references) | |
It is important to match the best treatment regimen to the needs of the patient. (references) | ||
Preliminary results strongly suggested superiority for the paclitaxel-based regimen. (references) | ||
Business | Nevertheless, the changes to the maquiladora regimen and the implementation of Nafta article 303, is creating concern among these plants because they will have to start paying profit taxes and import duties on products and equipment coming from non-Nafta countries. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | Prisoners incarcerated for security reasons were subject to a different regimen, even in IPS facilities, and conditions for them were poor. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Regimen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Regimen" is used about 128 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 128 | 28,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "regimen": under a regimen. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "regimen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | regjim (regime), qeverisje (governance, government), drejtim (accost, administration, conduct, course, direction, directorship, disposal, drift, guide, headship, helm, lead, leadership, lie, line, management, manual, operation, orientation, quarter, rectification, resort, run, set, steerage, supervision, tenor, trend, vector, way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حكم (administer, administration, arbiter, arbitration, ascendancy, authority, award, control, decide, decision, deliverance, determination, dispensation, doom, fasten, fastening, find, finding, govern, hand down, judge, judgement, judgment, opinion, reckon, referee, rule, ruling, run, sway, umpire, verdict), حكومة (government, office, polity), حمية (ardor, ardour, diet, enthusiasm, flush, zeal), أسلوب (archaism, character, diction, flair, genre, language, manner, method, mode, pattern, phraseology, sort, strain, style, stylization, technique, tone), أدارة, رجيم (damned, evil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | управление (administration, bureau, charge, control, direction, directorate, governance, government, guidance, headquarters, helm, management, office, operation, regiment, rule, superintendence), рекция (rection), режим (administration, norm, regime, regiment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 养"之". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rekce (government), dieta (diet, regime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | regime (regime), flodregime (regime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rivierregime (regime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرهیزغذاءی , حکومت (Administration, Dominion, Government, Reign, Steer), رده (Category, Class, Echelon, Tier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | regiimi (regime), vesitaseolot (regime), olot (circumstances, conditions, regime, state of things). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | régime (regime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rektion (government, rection), Regierung (administration, authorities, control, government, leadership, reign, rule), Wasserhaushalt (water supply), Herrschaft (authority, control, dominance, dominion, estate, grip, ladies and gentlemen, lordship, masteries, mastery, Mr. and Mrs., power, reign, rule), gesunde Lebensweise, Flussregime (regime), Flusscharakteristik (regime), Diät (diet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγωγή (action, conductance, conduction, education, law suit, lawsuit, legal action, plaint, prosecution, suit, treatment), δίαιτα ισορροπίας (regime), δίαιτα (diet, regime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משטר (authority, government, polity, regime, reign, rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | diéta (diet, dietary), étrend (commons, course, dietary, menu), életrend (course). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | regime (condition, diet, gime, regime, running, speed, system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 연대 (regiment, regimental). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egimenray regime (diet, dietary, organization, polka, rate, regime). (various references) regim alimentar dietetic, regim (conditions, regime, schedule), tratament (cure, handling, iatrogenic, medicine, treatment). (various references) режим (mode, regime). (various references) upravljanje (control, directing, driving, management, managing, procuration), uprava (administration, authority, bureau, direction, directorate, division, government, mastership). (various references) régimen (diet, government, operating conditions, operating factors, rate, regime). (various references) regim (management, régime, regime). (various references) rejim (diet, fasting cure, government, reducing diet, regime, slimdown), sözcükler arası yapısal etkileşim, perhiz (diet, fasting, fasting cure, slimdown), idare (admin, administration, chancellery, conduct, control, disposition, dominion, economy, government, handling, helm, management, mastery, rein, rule, ruling, sparing, steerage, steering, stewardship, supervision, sway, thrift, wire), diyet (diet, regime). (various references) управління (administration, agency, authority, control, department, dispensation, disposal, governance, gubernation, guidance, leadership, leading, management, office, ordering, presidence, regiment, ruling, steerage, stewardship, superintendence), режим (regime, schedule). (various references) chế độ dinh dưỡng, chính thể (polity, regime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | regimen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "regimen": regimens, regiment, regimental, regimentals, regimentation, regimentations, regimented, regimenting, regiments. (additional references) | |
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"Regimen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pregiven, Ragimov, recimen, regeimn, regeme, Regiae, regiem, regieme, regiemn, regimin, regimine, regimn, reginiano, Regmi, regrime, reigemn, reigen, Rogozen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "regimen" (pronounced re"jumun) |
| 5 | -j u m u n | Benjamin. |
| 4 | -u m u n | antihistamine, cameraman, cinnamon, ottoman, specimen, Telamon, thiamin, vitamin. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: emigre, ermine, germen, regime. | |
-2 letters: genie, genre, green, grime, merge, miner, reign, renig. | |
-3 letters: eger, emir, erne, gene, germ, gien, girn, gree, grim, grin, mere, mien, mine, mire, neem, rein, rime, ring. | |
-4 letters: eme, eng, ere, erg, ern, gee, gem, gen, gie, gin, ire, meg, men, mig, mir, nee, nim, ree, reg, rei, rem, rig, rim, rin. | |
-5 letters: em, en, er, in, me, mi, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: emerging, meringue, metering, regimens, regiment. | |
+2 letters: degerming, demerging, deperming, germanize, germinate, greenmail, impregned, menagerie, meringues, redeeming, regiments, rehemming, reimagine, remedying, remeeting, remelting, remending, remerging, reteaming, tempering. | |
+3 letters: antimerger, besmearing, cinemagoer, compeering, demeriting, emarginate, embowering, empowering, ergotamine, fermenting, germanized, germanizes, germinated, germinates, goniometer, greenmails, grimnesses, impregnate, magnetizer, malingered, malingerer, meandering, menageries, mongrelize, permeating, preempting, premiering, redreaming, reemerging, reemitting, regimental, regimented, reimagined, reimagines, remodeling, resembling, resmelting, schmeering, steamering, triggermen. | |
+4 letters: abridgement, argumentive, attempering, cinemagoers, coredeeming, demergering, determining, domineering, egocentrism, embittering, embordering, embryogenic, emergencies, encumbering, enumerating, ergotamines, extermining, ferrimagnet, fragmentize, gendarmerie, germinative, goniometers, greenmailed, greenmailer, griminesses, homogenizer, impregnable, impregnated, impregnates, intermingle, interregnum, legerdemain, magnetizers, malingerers, maneuvering, mercerising, mercerizing, mesmerising, mesmerizing, minnesinger, misentering, misgoverned, missteering, mongrelized, mongrelizes, monseigneur, mutineering, overemoting, overmelting, realignment, redemanding, reembarking, reembodying, reemploying, reexamining, regimentals, regimenting, rehammering, reimmersing, remarketing, remastering, remeasuring, remediating, remembering, remodelling, renumbering, rereminding, retempering, somerseting, timeserving. | |
+5 letters: abridgements, aeromagnetic, aggrievement, counterimage, decrementing, demagnetizer, disagreement, dismembering, distempering, egocentrisms, embroidering, embryogenies, everblooming, ferrimagnets, fragmentized, fragmentizes, gendarmeries, geometrician, geometrising, geometrizing, goniometries, greenbackism, greenmailers, greenmailing, grumpinesses, homogenizers, incrementing, infringement, intermeshing, intermingled, intermingles, interregnums, intersegment, legerdemains, mastersinger, messeigneurs, mineralogies, minnesingers, misreferring, misrendering, numerologies, overwhelming, premarketing, premeasuring, prenumbering, realignments, reassembling, reassignment, reattempting, recommencing, recommending, recompensing, reestimating, remaindering, remoistening, remonetizing, remunerating, somersetting, telegramming, telemetering, timeservings, ungerminated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 67 69 6D 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . --. .. -- . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100111 01101001 01101101 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e g i m e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0067 0069 006D 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52717375797180 |
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