forensic medicine

Definitions of forensic medicine
  1. noun
    the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes
    synonyms: forensic pathology
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    type of:
    medical specialty, medicine
    the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
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