medical jurisprudence

American  

noun

1. forensic medicine.

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medical jurisprudence British  

noun

1. another name for forensic medicine

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Etymology

Origin of medical jurisprudence

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

An influential nineteenth-century manual on medical jurisprudence cited the saying “A medical man, when he sees a dead body, should notice everything.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Besides, Franks says it is a point in medical jurisprudence.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

Many opinions relative to the longest and shortest period of pregnancy, associated with viability of the issue, have been expressed by authors on medical jurisprudence.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

This, too, quite innocently, and with the excuse of as true a Kleptomania as was ever established in the records of medical jurisprudence.

From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.

Dr. Thorndyke's advice appealed to all who heard it, for medical jurisprudence was a live subject at St. Margaret's, and all of us were keenly interested in it.

From The Eye of Osiris by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)