psychiatry
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhē, “soul”) + ἰατρεία (iatreia, “healing”), from ἰάομαι (iaomai, “I heal”).
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psychiatry (usually uncountable; plural psychiatries)
- (medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.
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[edit] Translations
branch of medicine dealing with mental illness
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