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Noun: psychiatry  si'kI-u-tree
  1. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    - psychopathology, psychological medicine

Derived forms: psychiatries

See also: psychiatric, psychiatrist

Type of: medical specialty, medicine

Encyclopedia: Psychiatry

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