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psychopathology (n.)

1847, "the science of mental disorders," from psycho- + pathology, on model of German psychopathologie. By 1947 as "a mentally deranged state or condition."

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psycho- 

word-forming element meaning "mind, mental; spirit, unconscious," from Greek combining form of psykhē "the soul, mind, spirit; life, one's life, the invisible animating principle or entity which occupies and directs the physical body; understanding, the mind (as the seat of thought), faculty of reason" (see psyche). It also was used to form compounds in Greek, such as psychapates "soul-beguiling" (with apate "deceit").

pathology (n.)
"science of diseases," 1610s, from French pathologie (16c.), from medical Latin pathologia "study of disease," from Greek pathos "suffering" (from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer") + -logia "study" (see -logy). In reference to the study of abnormal mental conditions from 1842. Ancient Greek pathologia was "study of the passions;" the Greek word for "science of diseases" was pathologike ("pathologics").

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Definitions of psychopathology from WordNet

psychopathology (n.)
the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior;
Synonyms: abnormal psychology
psychopathology (n.)
the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders;
Synonyms: psychiatry / psychological medicine
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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