psychiatry

English

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Etymology

From psych- + -iatry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

Noun

psychiatry (usually uncountable; plural psychiatries)

1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.

Derived terms

• psychiatric
• psychiatrist

Translations

branch of medicine dealing with mental illness

• Arabic: الطب النفسي (ar)
• Catalan: psiquiatria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精神病學 (cmn), 精神病学 (cmn) (jīngshénbìngxué)

• Czech: psychiatrie (cs) f
• Dutch: psychiatrie (nl) f
• Esperanto: psikiatrio (eo)
• Finnish: psykiatria (fi)
• French: psychiatrie (fr) f
• German: Psychiatrie (de) f, Seelenheilkunde (de) f
• Greek: ψυχιατρική (el) (psychiatrikí) f
• Hungarian: pszichiátria (hu)

• Italian: psichiatria (it)
• Japanese: 精神医学 (ja) (せいしんいがく, seishingaku)
• Latvian: psihiatrija (lv) f
• Persian: روانپزشکی (fa) ((ravan-pezeshki))
• Polish: psychiatria (pl) f
• Romanian: psihiatrie (ro) f
• Russian: психиатри́я (ru) (psixiatríja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: leigheas-inntinn (gd) m
• Spanish: psiquiatría (es) f
• Turkish: psikiyatri (tr)
• Volapük: lanivestig (vo), lienetisanav (vo)

See also

• psychopathology