psychiatry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

psychiatry
    n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and
         treatment of mental disorders [syn: {psychiatry},
         {psychopathology}, {psychological medicine}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Psychiatria \Psy*chi`a*tri"a\, Psychiatry \Psy*chi"a*try\, n.
   [NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. ? the mind + ? healing.] (Med.)
   The application of the healing art to mental diseases.
   --Dunglison.
   [1913 Webster]