neuropsychiatry

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noun

The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.

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Meanings

nounneuropsychiatry (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Frenchpsych-
  7. Frenchpsychiatre
  8. Frenchpsychiatrie
  9. Englishpsychiatry
  10. Englishneuropsychiatry

From neuro- + psychiatry.

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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
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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