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psychiatrics

psychiatrics is the plural of psychiatric.

Meaning of psychiatric

Noun

psychiatric (plural psychiatrics)

  1. (dated) A person who has a psychiatric disorder.
    • They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.1954, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Hearings, page 907

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Noun

psychiatrics (uncountable)

  1. The field of psychiatry.

Questions about psychiatrics

What does psychiatrics mean?
Psychiatrics means the field of psychiatry.
What is psychiatrics the plural of?
Psychiatrics is the plural of psychiatric.
What part of speech is psychiatrics?
Psychiatrics is a noun.

Words near psychiatrics in the dictionary

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

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