empiric

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[ɛmˈpɪrɪk], (Adjective)

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late Middle English: via Latin from Greek empeirikos, from empeiria ‘experience’, from empeiros ‘skilled’ (based on peira ‘trial, experiment’)


[ɛmˈpɪrɪk], (Noun)

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- a person who, in medicine or other sciences, relies solely on observation and experiment


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late Middle English: via Latin from Greek empeirikos, from empeiria ‘experience’, from empeiros ‘skilled’ (based on peira ‘trial, experiment’)




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