Psychiatry Definition
sĭ-kīə-trē, sī-
noun
The branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the mind, including psychoses and neuroses, emotional maladjustments, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- psychological-medicine
- psychopathology
- psychiatrics
- alienism
- psychoanalysis
- psychotherapy
- psychotherapeutics
- neuropsychiatry
- mental-health
- mental-hygiene
Other Word Forms of Psychiatry
Noun
Singular:
psychiatry
Plural:
psychiatriesOrigin of Psychiatry
From psych- +"Ž -iatry.
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