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Noun: psychopathology  `sI-kow-pu'th๓-lu-jee
  1. The branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behaviour
    - abnormal psychology
     
  2. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    - psychiatry, psychological medicine

Derived forms: psychopathologies

See also: psychopathologic

Type of: medical specialty, medicine, psychological science, psychology

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