Empiric

  • 11Empiric therapy — is a medical term referring to the initiation of treatment prior to determination of a firm diagnosis. It is most often used when antibiotics are given to a person before the specific microorganism causing an infection is known. Examples of this… …

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  • 12empiric prediction — empirinė prognozė statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Patyrimu paremtas numatymas. Sporte empirinė prognozė nelabai patikima. atitikmenys: angl. empiric prediction; empirical prediction vok. empirische Prognose, f rus.… …

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  • 13empiric — noun Etymology: Latin empiricus, from Greek empeirikos doctor relying on experience alone, from empeiria experience, from em 2en + peiran to attempt more at fear Date: 1562 1. charlatan 2 2. one who relies on practical experience …

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  • 14empiric — /em pir ik/, n. 1. a person who follows an empirical method. 2. a quack; charlatan. adj. 3. empirical. [1520 30; < L empiricus < Gk empeirikós experienced, equiv. to em EM 2 + peir (s. of peirân to attempt) + ikos IC] * * * …

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  • 15empiric — 1. SYN: empirical. 2. A member of a school of Graeco Roman physicians, late BC to early AD, who placed their confidence in and based their practice purely on experience, avoiding all speculation, theory, or abstract reasoning; they were little&#8230; …

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  • 16Empiric — A doctor learned his trade empirically, without using either Hippocrates or Galen. He might be a cleric, monk or layman, perhaps even a barber surgeon. Cf. Dwale …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 17EMPIRIC —    the name given to any who practises an art from the mere experience of results, apart from all reference to or knowledge of the scientific explanation …

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  • 18empíric — em|pí|ric Mot Pla Nom masculí …

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  • 19empíric — adj. m., pl. empírici; f. sg. empíricã, pl. empírice …

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  • 20empiric — em·pir·ic || em pɪrɪk adj. learned through observation, capable of being verified or disproved through experiments and experience …

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