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Witchcraft

An act of employing sorcery (the use of power gained from the assistance or control of spirits), especially with malevolent intent, and the exercise of supernatural powers and alleged intercourse with the devil or a familiar. (From Webster, 3d ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

An act of employing sorcery (the use of power gained from the assistance or control of spirits), especially with malevolent intent, and the exercise of supernatural powers and alleged intercourse with the devil or a familiar. (From Webster, 3d ed)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Sorcery
  • Sorceries

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; MAGIC is also available

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History Note

95

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Previous Indexing

  • Magic (1966-1994)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. E02w.190.901.968w
  2. I01w.076w.201w.450w.897w.439w.925w

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NLM Classification

WZ 309

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Witchcraft. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018599. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018599
  2. Witchcraft. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft
  3. Witchcraft. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259745