medicolegal

medicolegal
Relating to both medicine and the law. SEE ALSO: forensic medicine. [medico- + L. legalis, legal]

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med·i·co·le·gal .med-i-kō-'lē-gəl adj of or relating to both medicine and law

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adj.
relating to the legal aspects of the practice of medicine. There has been rapid expansion of the branch of the law relating to medicine due to the increasing number of court actions for accidents and injuries, many of them seeking compensation for negligence by doctors or hospitals.

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med·i·co·le·gal (med″ĭ-ko-leґgəl) pertaining to medicine and law, or to forensic medicine.

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