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Empiric

EM'PIRIC, n. [Gr. to attempt; L. empiricus.] Literally, one who makes experiments. Hence its appropriate signification is, a physician who enters on practice without a regular professional education, and relie...

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EM'PIRIC, n. [Gr. to attempt; L. empiricus.]

Literally, one who makes experiments. Hence its appropriate signification is, a physician who enters on practice without a regular professional education, and relies on the success of his own experience. Hence,the word is used also for a quack, an ignorant pretender to medical skill, a charlatan.

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