Meaning
psychiatry
- the branch of medicine focused on mental illnesses and disorders
In a sentence
Mia sorella ha deciso di specializzarsi in psichiatria.
My sister decided to specialize in psychiatry.
La psichiatria moderna offre trattamenti sempre più efficaci.
Modern psychiatry offers increasingly effective treatments.
Non tutti i medici di famiglia conoscono bene la psichiatria.
Not all family doctors know psychiatry well.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| psichiatria | feminine · singular |
| psichiatrie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Note the initial 'ps-' cluster, pronounced /ps/, and stress on the 'i' in the suffix '-ia'.