Medical term:
empiricism
em·pir·i·cism
(em-pir'i-sizm),A looking to experience as a guide to practice or to the therapeutic use of any remedy.
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empiricism
(ĕm-pîr′ĭ-sĭz′əm)n.
1. The view that experience, especially of the senses, is the only source of knowledge.
2.
a. Employment of empirical methods, as in science.
b. An empirical conclusion.
3. The practice of medicine that disregards scientific theory and relies solely on practical experience.
em·pir′i·cist n.
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empiricism
The belief that knowledge or behaviour stems from experience, learning or data acquired by observation or experimentation. See nativism; empiricist theory.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
em·pir·i·cism
(em-pir'i-sizm)Using experience as a guide to practice or use of any remedy.
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