psychiatry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Trivia

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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 (plural psychiatries)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• psychiatric
• psychiatrist

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[edit] See also

• psychopathology

[edit] Trivia

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