noun
Meaning 1
A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychiater
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: psychiater
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: head-shrinker, shrink
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
Narrower terms: alienist, analyst, psychoanalyst, Horney, Karen Horney, Karen Danielsen Horney, Jaspers, Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers, Menninger, Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger, Karl Menninger, Karl Augustus Menninger, William Menninger, William Claire Menninger, Sullivan, Harry Stack Sullivan
History
Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English psychiatrist From psychiatry + -ist.
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