Etymology

psychiatry

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Today it means: The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions. Full definition →

French psychiatrie
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Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.

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