Medical term:
empirical
empirical
[em-pir´ĭ-k'l]based on experience; determined from experimental data, as opposed to theoretical.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
empirical
(ĕm-pîr′ĭ-kəl)adj.
1.
a. Relying on or derived from observation or experiment: empirical results that supported the hypothesis.
b. Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment: empirical laws.
2. Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine.
em·pir′i·cal·ly adv.
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empirical
Medtalk adjective Based on experience or observational information and not necessarily on proven scientific dataMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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