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Webster 1913 Edition

Psychiatry

{ ‖

Psy-chiˊa-tri′a

,

Psy-chi′a-try

, }

Noun.

[NL.

psychiatria

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] the mind + [GREEK] healing.]

(Med.)

The application of the healing art to mental diseases.

Dunglison.