PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

[psy.cho.pa.thol.o.gy] n [ISV] (1847): the study of psychological and behavioral dysfunction occurring in mental disorder or in social disorganization; also: such dysfunction -- psy.cho.path.o.log.ic or psy.cho.path.o.log.i.cal adj -- psy.cho.path.o.log.i.cal.ly adv -- psy.cho.pa.thol.o.gist n