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regimen

In medicine, a course of treatment that is designed to improve the health of a patient. Many regimens consist of combinations of drugs but other elements, such as diet, exercise, and physiotherapy, may be incorporated.
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To this I was silent out of partiality to my own kind; yet here I could plainly discover the true seeds of spleen, which only seizes on the lazy, the luxurious, and the rich; who, if they were forced to undergo the same regimen, I would undertake for the cure.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
It is, perhaps, from their meat regimen that the Gauchos, like other carnivorous animals, can abstain long from food.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
The frown, the harsh rebuke, the frequent application of the rod, enjoined by Scriptural authority, were used, not merely in the way of punishment for actual offences, but as a wholesome regimen for the growth and promotion of all childish virtues.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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