noun
psychiatry
seye-KEYE-uh-tree
noun
1
The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
"She decided to specialize in psychiatry after her residency."
How to Use Psychiatry
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe medical field focused on mental health and mental illness.
Common pairings
study psychiatry
child and adolescent psychiatry
Word Forms
psychiatries plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from French psychiatrie, first recorded in English around 1846.