PSYCHIATRY

psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine

(noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

psychiatry (usually uncountable, plural psychiatries)

(medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental disorders and behavioural conditions.

Source: Wiktionary


Psy*chi`a*tri"a, Psy*chi"a*try, n. Etym: [NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. (Med.)

Definition: The application of the healing art to mental diseases. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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