D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bantingism

· Ban·ting·ism · IPA
01 n. A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting…
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    A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.