noun

regimen

REHJ-ih-muhn

noun

A structured plan of diet, exercise, or treatment followed regularly for health benefits.

"Her daily regimen includes yoga and a strict diet."

"The doctor prescribed a strict regimen of rest and medication."

How to Use Regimen

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA set routine, usually for health, fitness, or medical treatment, that someone follows consistently.

Common mistake

Regimen is about a personal routine (diet, exercise, treatment); regime usually refers to a system of government.

Easily confused with

regime →

Common pairings

exercise regimen strict regimen skincare regimen

regimens plural, regimina plural

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Her daily _____ includes yoga and a strict diet.

From Latin regimen, "guidance, direction, rule." It is a doublet of regime.

specimen