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The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.

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  1. n. The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
  2. n. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
  3. n. the dishonesty of a charlatan
  4. The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle.
  5. The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; falsepretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle.
  6. n:100 n. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings