forensic medicine

American  

noun

1. the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.

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forensic medicine British  

noun

1. Also called: medical jurisprudence.   legal medicine.  the applied use of medical knowledge or practice, esp pathology, to the purposes of the law, as in determining the cause of death

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forensic medicine Scientific  

/ fə-rĕn′sĭk /

1. The branch of medicine that interprets or establishes the medical facts in civil or criminal law cases.

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Etymology

Origin of forensic medicine

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In 2003, José Antonio Lorente, professor of forensic medicine at Granada University, and the historian Marcial Castro, exhumed what were believed to the remains of Columbus from Seville cathedral to take DNA samples.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

"California has the most backward system in death investigation, is the most backward in forensic science and in forensic medicine," Omalu testified before the state Senate Governance and Finance Committee in 2018.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

Rowland’s death probably should have been classified as a homicide, according to Maastricht University professor of forensic medicine Dr. Michael Freeman, who reviewed the autopsy report at the request of The Seattle Times.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

“I really feel like forensic medicine is kind of this undiscovered continent in public health,” he explained.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020

Writers on forensic medicine take the next place in the row of literary witnesses.

From A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists by Symonds, John Addington