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forensic medicine

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

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

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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legal medicine in Medicine

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

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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