Psychiatrist — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/saɪkˈaɪətɹɪst/

🇬🇧British English

/saɪkˈaɪətɹɪst/

🇮🇳Indian English

/saɪkˈaɪətɹɪst/

3 syllables Say it as /saɪkˈaɪətɹɪst/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

head-shrinker shrink

Word Forms

psychiatry

noun

the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Psychiater

🇫🇷French

psychiatre

un médecin spécialisé en psychiatrie

🇪🇸Spanish

psiquiatra

un médico que se especializa en psiquiatría

🇮🇹Italian

psichiatra

un medico specializzato in psichiatria

🇳🇱Dutch

psychiater

een arts die gespecialiseerd is in de psychiatrie

🇵🇹Portuguese

psiquiatra

um médico especializado em psiquiatria

🇷🇺Russian

психиатр

врач, специализирующийся в области психиатрии

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मनोचिकित्सक

एक चिकित्सक जो मनोचिकित्सा में विशेषज्ञ है

🇧🇩Bengali

মনোরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ

একজন চিকিত্সক যিনি মনোরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ

🇮🇳Tamil

மனநல மருத்துவர்

மனநல மருத்துவத்தில் நிபுணத்துவம் பெற்ற மருத்துவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

మానసిక వైద్యుడు

మనోరోగచికిత్సలో నైపుణ్యం కలిగిన వైద్యుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

मानसोपचारतज्ज्ञ

एक वैद्य जो मानसोपचारात माहिर आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

મનોચિકિત્સક

એક ચિકિત્સક જે મનોચિકિત્સામાં નિષ્ણાત છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮನೋವೈದ್ಯ

ಮನೋವೈದ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಣತಿ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವೈದ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മനോരോഗ വിദഗ്ധൻ

സൈക്യാട്രിയിൽ വിദഗ്ധനായ ഒരു ഫിസിഷ്യൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨੀ

ਇੱਕ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਜੋ ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੁਹਾਰਤ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ماہر نفسیات

ایک معالج جو نفسیات میں مہارت رکھتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

精神科医生

专门从事精神病学的医生

🇯🇵Japanese

精神科医

精神科を専門とする医師

🇰🇷Korean

정신과 의사

정신의학을 전문으로 하는 의사

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bác sĩ tâm thần

một bác sĩ chuyên về tâm thần học

🇹🇭Thai

จิตแพทย์

แพทย์ที่เชี่ยวชาญด้านจิตเวช

🇮🇩Indonesian

psikiater

seorang dokter spesialis psikiatri

🇲🇾Malay

pakar psikiatri

seorang doktor yang pakar dalam psikiatri

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طبيب نفساني

طبيب متخصص في الطب النفسي

🇮🇷Persian

روانپزشک

یک پزشک متخصص در روانپزشکی

🇹🇷Turkish

psikiyatrist

psikiyatri alanında uzmanlaşmış bir doktor

🇮🇱Hebrew

פסיכיאטר

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