psychiatric

English

Etymology

From psychiatry + -ic or psych- + -iatric.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sī'-ki-ătʹ-rĭk, IPA(key): /ˌsaɪ.ki.ˈæt.ɹɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ætɹɪk
  • Hyphenation: psy‧chi‧at‧ric

Adjective

psychiatric (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, psychiatry.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

psychiatric (plural psychiatrics)

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

Interlingua

Adjective

psychiatric (not comparable)

  1. psychiatric
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