| Main Entry: | forensic pathology |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a branch of medicine used for legal purposes and concerned with determining cause of death, examination of injuries due to crime and negligence, and examination of tissue samples relevant to crimes; also called forensic science |
| forensic pathology | |
noun | |
| the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes; "forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer" [syn: forensic medicine] |