regiment vs regimen

regiment

Definitions

noun

  1. army unit smaller than a division

verb

  1. assign to a regiment
  2. form (military personnel) into a regiment
  3. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

Examples

The officers ran out down the stairs and onto King Street, where the men of Lossburg's regiment had unlimbered a battery of cannons in a small park.

The threatened uniform typically consists of a khaki military tunic with trousers, though in Scottish regiments the trousers are usually tartan or replaced by a kilt.

The farmer, the papers had said, was a part-time policeman, a member of the Protestant Ulster Defence Regiment, the UDR.

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regimen

Definitions

noun

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

Examples

The officers ran out down the stairs and onto King Street, where the men of Lossburg's regiment had unlimbered a battery of cannons in a small park.

Patients received a conditioning regimen that consisted of total body irradiation (1375 cGy in 11 fractions) with partial lung shielding, thiotepa (10 mg/kg), cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg), and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (1.5 mg/kg).

The threatened uniform typically consists of a khaki military tunic with trousers, though in Scottish regiments the trousers are usually tartan or replaced by a kilt.

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