forensic medicine

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foren′sic med′icine, 

1. Medicine, Law the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, esp. in court proceedings. Also called foren′sic jurispru′dence, legal medicine, medical jurisprudence. 

• 1835–45

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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 death
   Also called: medical jurisprudence, legal medicine