neuropsychiatry

noun

the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system

Roots

neuronneuro- · Greek · nerve psychepsych- · Greek · mind, soul iatrosiatr- · Greek · healer, physician ia-y · Greek · medical practice

Synonyms & related words for neuropsychiatry

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of neuropsychiatry. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to neuropsychiatry

Explore words related to neuropsychiatry — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatrist, psychiatry, orthopsychiatric, orthopsychiatry, psychiatric, neuropsychology, neurology. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does neuropsychiatry come from?

The word neuropsychiatry breaks down into 4 roots of Greek origin: neuro, from Greek neuron (“nerve”); psych, from Greek psyche (“mind, soul”); iatr, from Greek iatros (“healer, physician”); and -y, from Greek ia (“medical practice”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.