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German
Etymology
Coined by German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808 (originally in the form Psychiaterie). By surface analysis, psycho- + -iatrie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psyçi̯aˈtʁiː/, , , (quadrisyllabic pronunciation is unusual in practice)
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: Psy‧chi‧a‧trie or Psych‧ia‧trie
Noun
Psychiatrie f (genitive Psychiatrie, plural Psychiatrien)
- psychiatry
- Synonym: Seelenheilkunde
- mental hospital
Declension
Declension of Psychiatrie
Related terms
References
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Reil, Johann Christian (1808) “Über den Begriff der Medicin und ihre Verzweigungen, besonders in Beziehung auf die Berichtigung der Topik der Psychiaterie [On the term of medicine and its branches, especially with regard to the rectification of the topic of psychiatry]”, in Beyträge zur Beförderung einer Kurmethode auf psychischem Wege [Contributions to the advancement of a treatment method by way of the psyche], Halle, page 161
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Andreas Marneros (2008 July) “Psychiatry's 200th birthday”, in The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 193, number 1, pages 1–3
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Devin K. Binder, M.D., Ph.D, Karl Schaller, M.D., Hans Clusmann, M.D. (2007 November) “The seminal contributions of Johann-Christian Reil to anatomy, physiology, and psychiatry”, in Neurosurgery, volume 61, number 5, →PMID, pages 1091–1096
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