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psychiatry

psy·chi·a·try
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [si-kahy-uh-tree, sahy-]
    • /sɪˈkaɪ ə tri, saɪ-/
    • /saɪˈkaɪə.tri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [si-kahy-uh-tree, sahy-]
    • /sɪˈkaɪ ə tri, saɪ-/

Definitions of psychiatry word

  • noun psychiatry the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders. 1
  • noun psychiatry treatment of mental disorders 1
  • uncountable noun psychiatry Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of mental illness. 0
  • noun psychiatry the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness 0
  • noun psychiatry the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the mind, including psychoses and neuroses, emotional maladjustments, etc. 0
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Origin of psychiatry

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; psych- + -iatry

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Parts of speech for Psychiatry

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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psychiatry popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for psychiatry

noun psychiatry

  • analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
Just one Synonym for psychiatry

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Related words

  • psychotic

    Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.

  • affect

    If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.

  • child psychiatry

    the branch of psychiatry specializing in the treatment of children.

  • hypochondriac

    Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.

  • orthopsychiatry

    an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
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