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medicolegal

American  
[med-i-koh-lee-guhl] / ˌmɛd ɪ koʊˈli gəl /

adjective

  1. pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.


Etymology

Origin of medicolegal

First recorded in 1825–35; medico- + legal

Example Sentences

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I had no leads for the medicolegal death investigator's cold case, no DNA for the anthropologist to cross-reference against hers.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

Kimberly DiLeo, the county’s chief medicolegal death investigator, led efforts to draft the ordinance after she unsuccessfully tried to prevent the Oct.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Tracy Spry, a medicolegal autopsy coordinator for Wake Forest’s autopsy pathology department, said a direct cause of death was not identified at autopsy, thus his death certificate was listed as ‘pending’ upon completion.

From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2020

So did a report by a medicolegal death investigator.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2019

Then at once in rebuttal were other experts, equally pleased with themselves, humorously disposing of psychical epilepsy, affecting to regard it as a medicolegal myth.

From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Saltus, Edgar

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