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psychiatrically

psychiatrically adverb: in psychiatric terms, or by means of psychiatry.

Adverb

psychiatrically (not comparable)

  1. In psychiatric terms, or by means of psychiatry
    • The case was treated psychiatrically.
    • He was puzzled about a 24-year-old man whom he viewed as psychiatrically healthy except for intense depression that lasted for several hours after sex.2009 January 20, Richard A. Friedman, MD, “Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind”, in New York Times

Origin of psychiatrically

From psychiatric + -ally.

Questions about psychiatrically

What does psychiatrically mean?
Psychiatrically means in psychiatric terms, or by means of psychiatry.
What part of speech is psychiatrically?
Psychiatrically is an adverb.

Words near psychiatrically in the dictionary

  1. psychiatric nurse
  2. psychiatric nurses
  3. psychiatric ward
  4. psychiatric wards
  5. psychiatrical
  6. psychiatrically
  7. psychiatrics
  8. psychiatries
  9. psychiatrisation
  10. psychiatrise
  11. psychiatrised

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