FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forensic pathology mean? 

• FORENSIC PATHOLOGY (noun)
  The noun FORENSIC PATHOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes

  Familiarity information: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORENSIC PATHOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

forensic medicine; forensic pathology

Context example:

forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer

Hypernyms ("forensic pathology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)