psychiatry
noun /saɪˈkaɪətri/
/saɪˈkaɪətri/
[uncountable]- the study and treatment of mental illness
Topics Medicinec1精神病学;精神病治疗 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clinical
- community
- forensic
- …
- a department of psychiatry
- an institute of psychiatry
词源mid 19th cent.: from Greek psukhē ‘soul, mind’ + iatreia ‘healing’ (from iatros ‘healer’).