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empiric

[ em-pir-ik ]

noun

  1. a person who follows an empirical method.
  2. a quack; charlatan.


adjective

empiric

/ É›³¾Ëˆ±èɪ°ùɪ°ì /

noun

  1. a person who relies on empirical methods
  2. a medical quack; charlatan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. a variant of empirical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·±ð³¾Â·±è¾±°ùi³¦ noun adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôe³¾Â·±è¾±°ùi³¦ noun adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of empiric1

1520–30; < Latin ±ð³¾±èÄ«°ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ < Greek ±ð³¾±è±ð¾±°ù¾±°ìó²õ experienced, equivalent to em- em- 2 + peir- (stem of ±è±ð¾±°ùâ²Ô to attempt) + -ikos -ic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of empiric1

C16: from Latin ±ð³¾±èÄ«°ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ, from Greek empeirikos practised, from peiran to attempt
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Anyway, I didn’t want to take any kind of sides in any dispute because I think it’s an empiric decision.

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The therapy was ad hoc and empiric — guided more by desperation than by the recognition of an innate pathological process — but the hallucinations remitted and diminished.

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“Our ultimate goal is to have clinicians utilize a test-and-treat algorithm so that you don’t have to use these empiric therapies,†Denver said.

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Cinema is an emotional medium and the issue of police brutality at bottom an empiric problem — can an approach that embraces the former address the latter?

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"And empiric research suggests higher copays lead to treatment delays or discontinuation," he added.

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