neuropsychiatrist

noun

A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.

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Meanings

nounneuropsychiatrist (plural neuropsychiatrists)

plural neuropsychiatrists

  1. A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.

    Back in 2004, Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri, a neuro-psychiatrist and mental health advocate in Nigeria, was a young doctor working in the emergency room at the Lagos State University Teaching hospital.

    2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR

Origin

From neuro- + psychiatrist.

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Translations

Catalan neuropsiquiatre
  • neuropsiquiatredoctor specializing in neuropsychiatry
Cite this entry
APA

neuropsychiatrist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropsychiatrist

MLA

“neuropsychiatrist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropsychiatrist. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuropsychiatrist,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropsychiatrist.

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