/may yooh"tik/ , adj.
of or pertaining to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
[ 1645-55; maieutikós of, pertaining to midwifery, equiv. to maieú ( esthai ) to serve as a midwife (akin to maîa midwife) + -tikos -TIC ]