psy·chi·a·trist

[si-kahy-uh-trist, sahy-]
noun
a physician who practices psychiatry.

Origin:
1885–90; psychiatr(y) + -ist

psychiatrist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist.
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psychiatry (saɪˈkaɪətrɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
 
psy'chiatrist
 
n

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Medical Dictionary

psychiatrist psy·chi·a·trist (sĭ-kī'ə-trĭst, sī-)
n.
A physician who specializes in psychiatry.

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Example sentences
In addition, he is being treated now by a forensic psychiatrist.
He's become a driving psychiatrist of sorts, a traffic confessor.
It seems only a certified psychiatrist is qualified to foresee what this
  newspaper will come up with next.
At one point, when a psychiatrist was called, he objected.
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