Humanities

Erotica

Literary or artistic items having an erotic theme. It refers especially to books treating sexual love in a sensuous or voluptuous manner. (Webster, 3d ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Literary or artistic items having an erotic theme. It refers especially to books treating sexual love in a sensuous or voluptuous manner. (Webster, 3d ed)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Eroticism
  • Pornography

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

only /hist /legis /psychol

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  1. K01w.517w.414w
  2. L01w.462w.500w.682w.441w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Erotica. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004882. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004882
  2. Erotica. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica
  3. Erotica. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181001