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[syn: psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Psychiatria \Psy*chi`a*tri"a\, Psychiatry \Psy*chi"a*try\, n.
[NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. ? the mind + ? healing.] (Med.)
The application of the healing art to mental diseases.
--Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
psychiatry
n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and
treatment of mental disorders [syn: psychiatry,
psychopathology, psychological medicine]