Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neuropsychiatry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
neu-ropsy-chi-a-try
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- French psych- French -iatre French psychiatre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry English neuropsychiatry From neuro- + psychiatry.

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Questions

What does neuropsychiatry mean?
The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
Where does neuropsychiatry come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- French psych- French -iatre French psychiatre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry English neuropsychiatry From neuro- + psychiatry.

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