Meanings
- uncountablemedicineThe branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
- Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
- Englishneuro-
- Frenchpsych-
- Frenchpsychiatre
- Frenchpsychiatrie
- Englishpsychiatry
- Englishneuropsychiatry
From neuro- + psychiatry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan neuropsiquiatria
- neuropsiquiatriabranch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin 神經精神醫學 /神经精神医学
- 神經精神醫學 /神经精神医学 (shénjīngjīngshényīxué)branch of medicine
Esperanto neŭropsikiatrio
- neŭropsikiatriobranch of medicine
French neuropsychiatrie
- neuropsychiatriebranch of medicine
German Neuropsychiatrie
- Neuropsychiatriebranch of medicine
Greek νευροψυχιατρική
- νευροψυχιατρική (nevropsychiatrikí)branch of medicine
Norwegian Bokmål nevropsykiatri
- nevropsykiatribranch of medicine
Portuguese neuropsiquiatria
- neuropsiquiatriabranch of medicine
Russian нейропсихиатри́я
- нейропсихиатри́я (nejropsixiatríja)branch of medicine
Spanish neuropsiquiatría
- neuropsiquiatríabranch of medicine
Cite this entry
neuropsychiatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropsychiatry
“neuropsychiatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropsychiatry. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuropsychiatry,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropsychiatry.
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