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psychiatrist

[ si-kahy-uh-trist, sahy- ]

/ sɪˈkaɪ ə trɪst, saɪ- /

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noun

a physician who practices psychiatry.

Origin of psychiatrist

First recorded in 1885–90; psychiatr(y) + -ist

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH psychiatrist

psychiatrist psychologist psychoanalyst psychotherapist

Words nearby psychiatrist

psychedelia, psychedelic, psychiatric, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric social worker, psychiatrist, psychiatry, psychic, psychic bid, psychic determinism, psychic distance

Example sentences from the Web for psychiatrist

In Psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A psychiatrist who attended one such conference blamed television for the complacency.

The Myth of the Central Park Five |Edward Conlon |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He liked to quote a psychiatrist who described MDMA as “penicillin for the soul.”

The Week in Death: Alexander Shulgrin, Who Synthesized the Drug Ecstasy |The Telegraph |June 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“A month before I was arrested, my [high school] counselor took me to see a psychiatrist,” she reported.

The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest |Michael Daly |May 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

She began to attend therapy and to see a psychiatrist, who prescribed an antidepressant.

One Breakdown Can Mean Losing Your Kid Forever |ProPublica |May 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"Dr. Harman," Malone began, but the psychiatrist gave him a bright blank stare.

That Sweet Little Old Lady |Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)
George said he had tried to get her to see a psychiatrist but she refused.

Compatible |Richard R. Smith
On May 8, 1911, he was seen for the first time by a psychiatrist.

Studies in Forensic Psychiatry |Bernard Glueck
The psychiatrist had taken a leather case from his pocket and was selecting a hypodermic needle.

Dearest |Henry Beam Piper
Into his mind had come a vision of a woman he had once known, and a psychiatrist called Dr. Yammer.

Sinister Paradise |Robert Moore Williams

Medical definitions for psychiatrist

psychiatrist

[ sĭ-kī′ə-trĭst, sī- ]

n.

A physician who specializes in psychiatry.