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empirical 1. (of medical treatment) based on practical experience rather than scientific proof 2. Philosophy a. (of knowledge) derived from experience rather than by logic from first principles b. (of a proposition) subject, at least theoretically, to verification 3. of or relating to medical quackery empirical [em′pir·ə·kəl] (science and technology) Based on actual measurement, observation, or experience, rather than on theory. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He was not so much interested in surgery as in medicine, which, a more empirical science, offered greater scope to the imagination. It is your own empirical generalization, and it is correct. Human life and its persons are poor empirical pretensions. |
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