'Psychiatry' definitions:

Definition of 'psychiatry'

(from WordNet)
noun
The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders [syn: psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine]

Definition of 'Psychiatry'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]