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shaman

shaman A shaman is a religious healer believed to mediate with gods, spirits, or demons and to oversee illness and its cure.

A shaman is a religious healer believed to mediate with gods, spirits, or demons and to oversee illness and its cure. In the source material, the shaman is described as using mainly psychotherapeutic or ritual means to influence disease by acting on the unseen spiritual world.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Shamanism” (D019423).
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