psychiatrist

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psychiatrist

  • /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/ US

noun psychiatrists

  1. A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry. Says Colonel Thomas Murray, chief Army psychiatrist in South Viet Nam: “Some of our psychiatrists are the most improbable military guys: soft, flabby, unexercised.”

    Similar: psychiater

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Closest in meaning: head-shrinker, shrink, doctor, therapist, psych, psychologist, psychotropic, psychoanalyst, psycho, kind, analyst, counselor, alienist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, headshrinker

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noun doctor specializing in psychiatry

Españolpsiquiatra, siquiatra
한국어정신과의 jeongsin'gwaui
日本語精神科医 seishinkai
中文精神病醫生 /精神病医生 jīngshénbìng yīshēng
हिन्दीमनश्चिकित्सक manaścikitsak
Portuguêspsiquiatra
Françaispsychiatriste, psychiatre
DeutschPsychiater, Psychiaterin
Italianopsichiatra
Ελληνικάψυχίατρος psychíatros
Românăpsihiatru, psihiatră
Русскийпсихиа́тр psixiátr, алиени́ст alijeníst
Tiếng Việtnhà tâm thần học
العربيةطَبِيب نَفْسَانِيّ ṭabīb nafsāniyy
עבריתפְּסִיכִיאָטֶר

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@misc{psychiatrist_2026,
  title = {psychiatrist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/psychiatrist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}