| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| psychiatry |
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| SYLLABICATION: | psy·chi·a·try |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -k   -tr , s- |
| NOUN: | The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders. | | OTHER FORMS: | psy chi·atric (sk- trk) , psychi·atri·cal (-r-kl) —ADJECTIVE
psychi·atri·cal·ly —ADVERB
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