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forensic medicine

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

First recorded in 1835–45
Also called forensic jurisprudence, legal medicine, medical jurisprudence.

legal medicine

noun
  1. forensic medicine.
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British Dictionary definitions for legal medicine

legal medicine

noun
  1. another name for forensic medicine
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forensic medicine

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

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

n.
  1. forensic medicine
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forensic medicine

[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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