noun
medicine man; witch doctor
Refers to a healer who treats illnesses believed to be caused by magic or supernatural forces, often in traditional or folk contexts.
その村では、呪術医が病気を治すと信じられていた。
In that village, it was believed that the witch doctor could cure illnesses.
彼は呪術医として、呪いによる病を専門に扱っている。
As a medicine man, he specializes in treating diseases caused by curses.
祈祷師 is a prayer healer or shaman who may use rituals, but 呪術医 emphasizes the medical treatment aspect combined with magic.
Compound of 呪術 (magic, sorcery) and 医 (doctor, medicine). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term likely emerged to describe traditional healers in anthropological or folk contexts.