psychiatry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    psychopathology; psychological medicine.

WordNet

Psy*chi`a*tri"a, Psy*chi"a*try noun (Also<
  • Psychiatria
  • Psychiatry
)
Etymology
NL. psychiatria, fr. Gr. the mind + healing.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The application of the healing art to mental diseases. Dunglison.

Webster 1913