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Webster 1913 Edition

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(mā̍-ū′tĭk)

(mā̍-ū′tĭ-kal)

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Adj.

[Gr.

μαιευτικός

, fr.

μαῖα

midwife.]

Serving to assist childbirth.

Cudworth.

[Fig.]

Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.

Payne.

maieutical ‎(comparative more maieutical, superlative most maieutical)