psychiatry

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From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhē), soul) + ἰατρεία (iatreia), healing) from ἰάομαι (iaomai), I heal).

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Singular
psychiatry

Plural
psychiatries

psychiatry (plural psychiatries)

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

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Psychiatry was the winning word at the 21st Scripps National Spelling Bee. [1]