Instructive; denoting medical teaching by lectures or textbooks, as distinguished from clinical demonstrations with patients or laboratory exercises. [G. didaktikos, fr. didasko, to teach]
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di·dac·tic dī-'dak-tik, də- adj involving lecture and textbook instruction rather than demonstration and laboratory study
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di·dac·tic (di-dakґtik) [Gr. didaktikos] conveying instruction by lectures and books rather than by practice.Medical dictionary. 2011.