Forensic — Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems. Pertaining to legal proceedings. For examples, forensic anthropology, forensic dentistry, forensic experts, forensic medicine (legal medicine), forensic pathology, forensic… … Medical dictionary
forensic odontology — n a branch of forensic medicine that deals with teeth and marks left by teeth (as in identifying criminal suspects or the remains of a dead person) … Medical dictionary
forensic psychiatry — n the application of psychiatry in courts of law (as for the determination of criminal responsibility or liability to commitment for insanity) forensic psychiatrist n * * * psychiatry that deals with the legal aspects of mental disorders … Medical dictionary
Forensic medicine — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Forensic medicine is also called legal medicine. A physician may be engaged in forensic (or legal) medicine; a lawyer with… … Medical dictionary
Forensic genetics — The branch of genetics that deals with the application of genetic knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Forensic genetics is also a branch of forensic medicine which deals more broadly with the application of medical knowledge to… … Medical dictionary
Medicine, legal — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Legal medicine is also called forensic medicine. A physician may be engaged in legal (or forensic) medicine while a lawyer with… … Medical dictionary
medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… … Medical dictionary
forensic dentistry — the branch of dentistry that deals with the application of the art and science of dentistry to the purposes of law. Dental jurisprudence and forensic d. are sometimes used synonymously, but some authorities consider dental jurisprudence a branch… … Medical dictionary
Legal medicine — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Legal medicine is also called forensic medicine. A physician may be engaged in legal (or forensic) medicine while a lawyer with… … Medical dictionary
forensic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum Date: 1659 1. belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate 2. argumentative, rhetorical 3. relating to or dealing with the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
