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Fetishism, Psychiatric MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Fetishism, Psychiatric
Tree Number(s)
F03.657.350
Unique ID
D005329
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005329
Annotation
belief in religious or magic fetishes goes under RELIGION; SUPERSTITION & its indentions, ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL or other pertinent term
Scope Note
A condition in which inanimate objects are utilized as a preferred or exclusive method of stimulating erotic arousal.
Entry Term(s)
Fetishism (Psychiatric)
NLM Classification #
WM 610
Public MeSH Note
2020; was FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC) 1991-2019; see PARAPHILIAS 1981-1990; see SEX DEVIATION 1968-1980
History Note
2020 (1975); was FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC) 1991-2019; was indexed under PARAPHILIAS 1981-1990; was indexed under SEX DEVIATION 1975-1980; use SEX DEVIATION 1968-1974
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2019/01/17
Fetishism, Psychiatric Preferred
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