forensic medicine
forensic medicine 法医学 与法律有关的医学科学，对与案件有关的事实问题作出解释或提供意见。这种事实问题包括死亡或伤害的原因、验血、怀孕、中毒、性犯罪、药物或酒精的影响、指纹等。解剖学、生理学、内科学、外科学、化学、物理学和植物学在需要时均能提供帮助，有些案件且须综合各种学科以协助法庭作出有关人身或财产争议的正确结论。法医学在民事案件中有时也需应用，而在刑事案件中所起的作用尤为重要。
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forensic
forensic (f[schwa]-ren-sik also -zik), adj. 1. Used in or suitable to courts of law or public debate (forensic psychiatry). 2. Rhetorical; argumentative ( Spence’s considerable forensic skills). 3. Hist. Exterior; foreign.
forensic medicine
forensic medicine. The branch of medicine that establishes or interprets evidence using scientific or technical facts, such as ballistics. — Also termed medical jurisprudence.
forensic linguistics
forensic linguistics. The science or technique that evaluates the linguistic characteristics of written or oral communications, usu. to determine identity or authorship.
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torture
torture, n. The infliction of intense pain to the body or mind to punish, to extract a confession or information, or to obtain sadistic pleasure. — torture, vb. “By torture I mean the infliction of physically founded suffering or the threat immediately to inflict it, where such infliction or threat is intended to elicit, or
medicolegal
medicolegal (med-i-koh-lee-g[schwa]l), adj. Involving the application of medical science to law (the coroner’s medicolegal functions). See FORENSIC MEDICINE.