medicolegal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of medicolegal
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
Nationwide, the medicolegal death investigation system, as it’s called, is the primary source of data that drives our understanding of what’s killing us that shouldn’t be.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
The medicolegal aspect of hypnotism may be called in to answer whether crime may be committed at suggestion.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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