medicolegal

[ med-i-koh-lee-guhl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicolegal¹

First recorded in 1825–35; medico- + legal

Example Sentences

I had no leads for the medicolegal death investigator's cold case, no DNA for the anthropologist to cross-reference against hers.

From Salon

Kimberly DiLeo, the county’s chief medicolegal death investigator, led efforts to draft the ordinance after she unsuccessfully tried to prevent the Oct.

From Seattle Times

Tracy Spry, a medicolegal autopsy coordinator for Wake Forest’s autopsy pathology department, said a direct cause of death was not identified at autopsy, thus his death certificate was listed as ‘pending’ upon completion.

From Washington Times

Nationwide, the medicolegal death investigation system, as it’s called, is the primary source of data that drives our understanding of what’s killing us that shouldn’t be.

From New York Times

So did a report by a medicolegal death investigator.

From Washington Post