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psychiatric

USsy-kee-AT-rik/ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/

Noun pluralpsychiatrics

2 meanings of psychiatric

Practice

  1. 1
    adjective
    Relating to the medical care and treatment of mental illness.

    She made her first appointment at the psychiatric clinic near her home.

    The hospital opened a new psychiatric ward last year.

  2. 2
    noundatedcountable
    A person who has a mental illness.

    A psychiatric on the ward refused to take his medicine that morning.

    They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.
    1954, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, HearingsHere, psychiatrics means people who have a mental illness.
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Origin

This word comes from "psychiatry" plus "-ic," or from "psych-" plus "-iatric."