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psychiatry definition

psy·chia·try (sī kī′ə trē, si-)

noun

the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the mind, including psychoses and neuroses, emotional maladjustments, etc.

Etymology: ModL: see psycho- & -iatry

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