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alienist (noun) – A physician who evaluates the competence of defendants to stand trial.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : “One who scientifically treats or studies mental illness,” 1864, from French aliéniste, from alienation in the sense of “insanity, loss of mental faculty” (compare alienation, since 15th century as “loss or derangement of mental faculties, insanity”), from Latin alienare “deprive of reason, drive mad,” literally “to make another’s, estrange”.
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