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medicolegal

 
Dictionary: med·i·co·le·gal   (mĕd'ĭ-kō-lē'gəl) pronunciation

adj.
Of, relating to, or concerned with medicine and law.

[Latin medicus, physician; see medical + LEGAL.]


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Medical Dictionary: med·i·co·le·gal
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(mĕd'ĭ-kō-lē'gəl)
adj.

Of, relating to, or concerned with medicine and law.

Veterinary Dictionary: medicolegal
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Pertaining to medicine and law, or to forensic medicine. See forensic veterinary medicine.

WordNet: medicolegal
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information)
  Pertains to nouns: medicine (meaning #3), law (meaning #2)


 
 

 

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