psychiatry

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psychiatry

  • /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/ UK

noun psychiatries

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

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Closest in meaning: psychopathology, psychological medicine, psychotropic, psych, psychosis, psychological, psychology, infant, child, mental, liaison, dependence, compr, neuropsychiatry, abnormal psychology, psychotherapeutics

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noun branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders

Españolpsiquiatría
한국어정신의학 jeongsinuihak
日本語精神医学 seishin igaku
中文精神病學 /精神病学 jīngshénbìngxué, 精神醫學 /精神医学 jīngshén yīxué
हिन्दीमनश्चिकित्सा manaścikitsā
Kiswahilisaikatria
Portuguêspsiquiatria
Françaispsychiatrie
DeutschPsychiatrie, Seelenheilkunde
Italianopsichiatria
Ελληνικάψυχιατρική psychiatrikí
Românăpsihiatrie
Русскийпсихиатри́я psixiatríja
Tiếng Việttâm thần học, khoa tâm thần
العربيةالطِّبّ النَّفْسِيّ aṭ-ṭibb an-nafsiyy
עבריתפְּסִיכִיאַטְרְיָה psikhi'atr'yá

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@misc{psychiatry_2026,
  title = {psychiatry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/psychiatry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}