Svensk definition
Läkekonst baserad på traditionell praxis hos afrikanska folk. Häri ingår bruk av medicinalväxter och annan "materia medica" och behandling utövad av spåmän, medicinmän, häxdoktorer och trollkarlar.
Medicine, African Traditional
Traditionell afrikansk medicin
Engelsk definition
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by MEDICINAL PLANTS and other MATERIA MEDICA as well as by the ministrations of diviners, MEDICINE MEN, witch doctors, and sorcerers.
Svenska synonymer
Afrikansk medicin — Afrikanska häxdoktorer
Engelska synonymer
African Medicine, Traditional — Traditional African Medicine — Traditional Medicine, African — African Traditional Medicine — Medicine, Traditional African — Medicine, African — African Medicine