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psychiatry

noun
/saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ῑ̓ᾰ́ομαι (īắomai) Ancient Greek -τρος (-tros) Ancient Greek ῑ̓ᾱτρός (īātrós) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin psȳchīātrialbor. French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846.

  1. derived from psychiatriebor
  2. derived from *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin psȳchīātrialbor✻

Definitions

  1. The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively…

    The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at psychiatry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at psychiatry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at psychiatry

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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