Hypertext Webster Gateway: "psychiatry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
psychiatry
n : the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and
treatment of mental disorders [syn: {psychopathology}, {psychological
medicine}]
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