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NEUROPSYCHIATRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neuropsychiatry" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
neuropsychiatric (of or relating to neuropsychiatry)