English Explanatory Dictionary

psychiatry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

Pronunciation

/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-psychiatry.wav

Word forms

psychiatry psychiatries

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ῑ̓ᾰ́ομαι (īắomai) Ancient Greek -τρος (-tros) Ancient Greek ῑ̓ᾱτρός (īātrós) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin psȳchīātrialbor. French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.

Related words

psyche psychology psychopathology neuropathology neuropathy neurosis

Derived words

antipsychiatry biopsychiatry ecopsychiatry ethnopsychiatry gerontopsychiatry geropsychiatry immunopsychiatry neuropsychiatry orthopsychiatry pedopsychiatry pharmacopsychiatry postpsychiatry psychiatric psychiatrist psychiatrize telepsychiatry xenopsychiatry zoopsychiatry
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