psychiatric
pronunciation
How to pronounce psychiatric in British English:
UK [ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk]
How to pronounce psychiatric in American English:
US [ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
Word Origin
- psychiatric (adj.)
- 1847, from French psychiatrique or else coined in English from psychiatry + -ic.
Example
- 1. He landed in a psychiatric hospital and then in jail .
- 2. Here , it seems , they did not fare as well as their son under psychiatric scrutiny .
- 3. She underwent psychiatric testing and was released .
- 4. A similar result was reported in a moscow psychiatric hospital .
- 5. For the past six years , I have been a psychiatric social worker .