PSYCHIATRY


Meaning of PSYCHIATRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈkī-ə-trē, sī- ]

noun

Etymology: probably from French psychiatrie, from psychiatre psychiatrist, from psych- psych- + Greek iatros physician — more at -iatry

Date: 1828

: a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders

• psy·chi·at·ric ˌsī-kē-ˈa-trik adjective

• psy·chi·at·ri·cal·ly -tri-k(ə-)lē adverb

• psy·chi·a·trist sə-ˈkī-ə-trist, sī- noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.