psychiatric

C1 Topic:Health & Medicine
US /ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/
adj noun Freq #7964

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to mental illness and its treatment.

    He spent two weeks in a psychiatric hospital after his breakdown.

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Synonyms
1 adj · relating to mental illness... psychiatrical

Etymology

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

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