Psychiatry

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  psychiatry
       n : the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and
           treatment of mental disorders [syn: {psychopathology}, {psychological
           medicine}]