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Empiric Definition & Meaning

empiric
adjective
  1. relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
  2. derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"

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What does empiric mean?
relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment" derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
What part of speech is empiric?
Empiric is an adjective.
How many definitions does empiric have?
Empiric has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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