PSYCHIATRY

[psy.chi.a.try] n [prob. fr. F psychiatrie, fr. psychiatre psychiatrist, fr. psych- psych- + Gk iatros physician--more at -iatry] (ca. 1846): a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders -- psy.chi.at.ric adj -- psy.chi.at.ri.cal.ly adv -- psy.chi.a.trist n