Judged: two independent readers; copy check clear.

witch doctor

witch doctor A witch doctor is a shaman or medicine man in certain traditional religious systems who is understood to oversee illness and its healing.

A witch doctor is a shaman or medicine man in certain traditional religious systems who is understood to oversee illness and its healing. In this context, healing is described as working through spiritual beliefs and psychologically influenced methods aimed at driving away disease-causing spirits.

Sources

Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Shamanism” (D019423).
public-domain-US-government · Definition uses new wording; original source retains its stated licence. · Source snapshot SHA-256: f4339837e5ce728d59229737271179cfc45f7c4c2318205c617937116f54440b

These citations identify the drafting sources. 2/2 independent reader passes against the pinned source packet. The drafter does not count as a reader. Source institutions do not endorse this dictionary.

Cite this entry

PsychTerms (psychterms.org), CC BY 4.0, version 1. “witch doctor.” Development preview.

Version 1 · SHA-256: 394d91731e3f6ea47db2f1a89e1e0d5058371664096550e750f67a1115d9ebf7

Edit this entry on GitHub

witch doctor

See also

Sources

Cite this entry