psychiatric C1 Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #7964 Meanings 1 adj Relating to mental illness and its treatment. He spent two weeks in a psychiatric hospital after his breakdown. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to mental illness... psychiatrical Common collocations psychiatric hospital Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From psychiatry + -ic or psych- + -iatric. Topics Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # psychiatric **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 7964 ## Meanings 1. Relating to mental illness and its treatment. ## Examples - He spent two weeks in a psychiatric hospital after his breakdown. ## Etymology From psychiatry + -ic or psych- + -iatric. ## AI Etymology Psychiatric is from psychiatry + -ic or psych- + -iatric. In present-day use, it means relating to mental illness and its treatment. ## Topics - Health & Medicine - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown