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Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.
Martin H. Fischer

Meaning of "empiric" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMPIRIC

From Latin empīricus, from Greek empeirikos practised, from peiran to attempt.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPIRIC

empiric  [ɛmˈpɪrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPIRIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Empiric can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EMPIRIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of empiric in the English dictionary

The definition of empiric in the dictionary is a person who relies on empirical methods. Other definition of empiric is a medical quack; charlatan.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPIRIC


deuteric
djuːˈtɪrɪk
epeiric
ɪˈpaɪrɪk
granophyric
ˌɡrænəʊˈfɪrɪk
hayrick
ˈheɪrɪk
lamprophyric
ˌlæmprəˈfɪrɪk
lyric
ˈlɪrɪk
metempiric
ˌmɛtɛmˈpɪrɪk
naric
ˈneɪrɪk
orthophyric
ˌɔːθəʊˈfɪrɪk
panegyric
ˌpænɪˈdʒɪrɪk
porphyric
ˈpɔːfɪrɪk
pyrrhic
ˈpɪrɪk
satiric
səˈtɪrɪk
satyric
səˈtɪrɪk
spagyric
spəˈdʒɪrɪk
spiric
ˈspaɪrɪk
telechiric
ˌtɛlɪˈkɪrɪk
vampiric
væmˈpɪrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPIRIC

emphyteutic
empiecement
empierce
empight
empire
Empire Day
Empire State
Empire State Building
empire-builder
empire-building
empirical
empirical formula
empirical probability
empirically
empiricalness
empiricism
empiricist
empiricutic
emplace
emplacement

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPIRIC

asymmetric
atmospheric
centric
diapiric
eccentric
eric
fabric
gastric
generic
geometric
hetairic
historic
metric
numeric
oneiric
pediatric
psychiatric
rhetoric
symmetric
toric

Synonyms and antonyms of empiric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «empiric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPIRIC

Find out the translation of empiric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of empiric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «empiric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

经验性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empírico
570 millions of speakers

English

empiric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुभवसिद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эмпирическое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

empírico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতুড়ে চিকিত্সক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

empirique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Empiris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

empirisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

経験主義者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경험적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Empiris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lang băm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெறும் கொள்கைகள் அல்லாமல் செயல் முறையில் நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रायोगिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deneysel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

empirico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

empiryczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

емпіричне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

empiric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπειρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

empiriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

empirisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

empirisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of empiric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPIRIC»

The term «empiric» is regularly used and occupies the 93.455 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPIRIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about empiric

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QUOTES WITH «EMPIRIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word empiric.
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Martin H. Fischer
Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPIRIC»

Discover the use of empiric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to empiric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Empiric Therapy and Mortality Among Patients with ...
severity of illness score was crucial to our interpretation of the association between time to empiric therapy and mortality. E. Summary and Implications of Research In summary, this dissertation found that: 1) documentation of prior history of ...
Marin L. Schweizer, 2009
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The High Cost of Inappropriate Empiric Treatment of Presumed ...
Karen L. Cahilly. sample proves only that the patient is colonized with C. difficile, but not necessarily infected. The primary exception to this strategy is if the patient has suspected C. difficile infection and intestinal ileus.16 Ideally, it would be ...
Karen L. Cahilly, 2008
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英汉当代企业经营管理词典
empiric (al) regularities empiric (al) relative frequency empiric (al) -school of management *£! empiric (al) statistical norm empiric (al) statistical rate empiric (al ) test empiric (al) testing empiric (al) validity empiric (al) value * employ fi1M> iilffl'  ...
‎2004
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Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases: Treatment and ...
Empiric antibiotic therapy should not be confused with antibiotic prophylaxis. The former consists of the early institution of antibiotic therapy pending the results of cultures and clinical response. Empiric treatment is begun in patients who have ...
John E. Conte, 2002
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The ICU Book
Empiric antibiotic therapy pending culture results is recommendedfor patients withsuspected UTI who are immunocompromised, have evidence of multiorgan dysfunction,or have aprostheticor damaged heart valve. The urine Gram stain, ...
Paul L. Marino, Kenneth M. Sutin, 2012
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Nursing Theories
Models is a symbolic representative of empiric experience in words, pictorial or graphic diagram, mathematical notations or physical material (model of heart). A form of knowledge within the empirics pattern. ' Explaining—process that focuses  ...
B. T. Basavanthappa, 2007
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Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases
The first controversy faced by clinicians was whether or not empiric antibiotic therapy for febrile neutropenia is appropriate. The concerns was that fever may be due to noninfectious causes, inappropriate antibiotic use might lead to emergence ...
Amar Safdar, 2011
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Transformations in Consciousness: The Metaphysics and ...
Introceptive verification may have repercussions upon the empiric life of the individual, with the result that the latter may, more or less widely, influence other lives. Further, these effects may be valued positively or negatively in the pragmatic ...
Franklin Merrell-Wolff, 1995
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Clinical Infectious Disease
Gram- positive coverage usually includes a β-lactam (such as nafcillin or cefazolin) or glycopeptides (such as vancomycin). At institutions where MRSA is a notable POM pathogen, vancomycin should be used for empiric gram-positive therapy.
David Schlossberg, 2008
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Antibiotic Essentials 2013
Chapter 2 Empiric Therapy Based on Clinical Syndrome Burke A. Cunha, MD, John L. Brusch, MD, Ronald L. Nichols, MD Genovefa Papanicolaou, MD, Jean E . Hage, MD Raymond S. Koff, MD, John H. Rex, MD, Dennis J. Cleri, MD Cheston  ...
Burke A. Cunha, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPIRIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term empiric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc (TTPH) Files Form 4 Insider Selling …
... a broad-spectrum intravenous and oral antibiotic for use as a first-line empiric monotherapy for the treatment of multi-drug resistant infections, ... «Insider Trading Report, Jul 15»
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Empiric Student Property To Raise GBP50 Million In Placing (ALLISS)
LONDON (Alliance News) - Empiric Student Property PLC on Wednesday said it is planning to raise GBP50 million via an equity issue in order ... «London South East, Jul 15»
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Share this article
In primary care clinics with chest radiography and where empiric TB treatment is common, LAM seems unlikely to improve rates of same-day ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Shale Producers Can't Make Money At An Oil Price Of $60
At first, there is the fact that decline curves are a very empiric technique based on availability of accurate long-term data. However, the rise of ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
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Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTPH) Analyst Rating …
... a broad-spectrum intravenous and oral antibiotic for use as a first-line empiric monotherapy for the treatment of multi-drug resistant infections, ... «Investor Newswire, Jul 15»
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Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Rating Increased to Buy at Zacks (TTPH)
... as a first-line empiric monotherapy for the treatment of multidrug-resistant infections, including multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections. «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
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Stocks mixed on bailout clash; tech slides
Congress is still there,” said Mark Coffelt, portfolio manager at Empiric Funds in Austin, Texas. “Right now everyone is a little bit shellshocked. «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
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The new importance of 'social listening' tools
And the importance of a piece of content on his site, he felt, was usually determined by an empiric measurement: How many people shared it ... «Columbia Journalism Review, Jul 15»
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Home of The Times: They found a Fickett house, bought into the …
The furnishings are a mix of Restoration Hardware, vintage pieces from Empiric, Thomas Hayes Gallery, Garde and Blu Dot, as well as flea ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Is Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:TTPH) Stock a Sell …
... as a first-line empiric monotherapy for the treatment of multidrug-resistant infections, including multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections. «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Empiric [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/empiric>. May 2024 ».
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