| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| forensic medicine | |
| —n | |
| medical jurisprudence, Also called: legal medicine the applied use of medical knowledge or practice, esp pathology, to the purposes of the law, as in determining the cause of death | |
| legal medicine | |
| —n | |
| another name for forensic medicine | |
forensic medicine n.
The branch of medicine that interprets or establishes the medical facts in civil or criminal law cases. Also called legal medicine, medical jurisprudence.
legal medicine n.
See forensic medicine.
| forensic medicine (fə-rěn'sĭk) Pronunciation Key
The branch of medicine that interprets or establishes the medical facts in civil or criminal law cases. |