Regimen

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.),

3. 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.

4. A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

5. The word or words governed.