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psychiatry

psy·chi·a·try [ si k ətree, sī k ətree ]


noun 
Definition:
 
field of medicine: a medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that have primarily mental or behavioral symptoms and with the care of people having such disorders

[Mid-19th century. < French psychiatrie< Greek psukhē "mind" + iatreia "cure"]
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