psychiatrist

C1 Topic:Health & Medicine
US /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/
noun Freq #5438

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A medical doctor who specializes in treating mental illness.

    Her psychiatrist prescribed medication to help with her anxiety.

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Forms psychiatrists

Etymology

From psychiatry + -ist.

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