psychiatry

English

Etymology

[1846] From French psychiatrie, from Medieval Latin psychiatria. Surface etymology is psych- + -iatry.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

Noun

psychiatry (usually uncountable, plural psychiatries)

  1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental disorders and behavioural conditions.

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