empiric

empiric definition - medical

em·pir·ic (ĕm-pîrˈĭk)

noun
  1. One who is guided by practical experience rather than precepts or theory.
  2. An unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan.
adjective
  1. Empirical.
  2. Relating to a school of ancient Greek medicine in which a physician relied on experience and precedent in the observation and treatment of disease, and on analogical reasoning in discovering new diseases.

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