psychiatry
/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/
psychiatry 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.
Noun
psychiatry (usually uncountable, plural psychiatries)
- The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.
psychiatry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
psychiatry in Hindi
- branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
- मनश्चिकित्सा manaścikitsā
psychiatry in Tamil
- மனநோய்கான சிகிச்சை
psychiatry in Bengali
- মনোরোগবিদ্যা, মানসিক রোগের চিকিত্সা
psychiatry in Telugu
- branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders
- మనోరోగచికిత్స manōrōgacikitsa
More languagesFewer languages
- psychiatry in Kannada
- ಮನೋವೈದ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ manōvaidyaśāstra
- psychiatry in Punjabi
- ਸਾਈਕੈਟਰੀ sāīkaiṭrī
- psychiatry in Nepali
- मनोरोग विज्ञान manorog vigyāna
- psychiatry in Arabic
- الطِّبّ النَّفْسِيّ aṭ-ṭibb an-nafsiyy
- psychiatry in Malay
- psikiatri
- psychiatry in Persian
- روانپزشکی ravân-pezeški
- psychiatry in Thai
- จิตเวชศาสตร์ jìt-dtà-wêet-chá-sàat
- psychiatry in Vietnamese
- tâm thần học, khoa tâm thần
- psychiatry in Myanmar
- စိတ်ရောဂါပညာ citrau:gapa.nya
Examples of psychiatry in a sentence
- Like my old psychiatry professor used to say, we're doing God's work.
- Debiles were incapable of subtle intellectual feelings, which Soviet psychiatry defined as duty, comradeship and satisfaction.
- The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth.
Forms of psychiatry
| plural | psychiatries |
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Origin of psychiatry
Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.
Words formed from psychiatry
Questions about psychiatry
- What does psychiatry mean?
- Psychiatry means the branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.
- What is psychiatry in Hindi?
- Psychiatry in Hindi is मनश्चिकित्सा (manaścikitsā). See Psychiatry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is psychiatry?
- Psychiatry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce psychiatry?
- Psychiatry is pronounced /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of psychiatry?
- The plural of psychiatry is psychiatries.
Words near psychiatry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: psychiatry (page history and authors); psychiatry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychiatry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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