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noun
The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh1wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- French psych- French -iatre French psychiatre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry English neuropsychiatry From neuro- + psychiatry.
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