regimen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
    regime.

WordNet

Reg"i*men noun
Etymology
L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal, Régime, Regiment.
Definitions
  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.), 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.

Webster 1913