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psychiatry

/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chi-a-try
IPA
/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

psychiatries (plural)

Derived Forms

antipsychiatry biopsychiatry ecopsychiatry ethnopsychiatry gerontopsychiatry geropsychiatry immunopsychiatry neuropsychiatry orthopsychiatry pedopsychiatry pharmacopsychiatry postpsychiatry

Frequently Paired Words

psyche psychology psychopathology neuropathology neuropathy neurosis

Synonyms

psychopathology psychological medicine

Questions

How do you pronounce psychiatry?
The recorded pronunciation is /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/.
What does psychiatry mean?
The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.
Where does psychiatry come from?
Etymology tree 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 Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.

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