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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
empiric is an adjective meaning "relying on medical quackery". It carries 2 recorded senses.
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
“an empirical basis for an ethical theory”
“empirical laws”
“empirical data”
“an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for empiric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.