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orthopsychiatry

orthopsychiatry noun: branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young.

Noun

orthopsychiatry (uncountable)

  1. branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young

Origin of orthopsychiatry

From ortho- + psychiatry.

Questions about orthopsychiatry

What does orthopsychiatry mean?
Orthopsychiatry means branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young.
What part of speech is orthopsychiatry?
Orthopsychiatry is a noun.

Words near orthopsychiatry in the dictionary

  1. orthoprisms
  2. orthoprosthesis
  3. orthopsychiatric
  4. orthopsychiatrist
  5. orthopsychiatrists
  6. orthopsychiatry
  7. orthopsychology
  8. orthopter
  9. orthoptera
  10. orthopteral
  11. orthopteran

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