资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forensic \Fo*ren"sic\, a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public
   place, market place. See {Forum}.]
   Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and
   debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions;
   argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or
   disputes.

   {Forensic medicine}, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its
      relations to law.

资料来源 : WordNet®

forensic medicine
     n : the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge
         for legal purposes; "forensic pathology provided the
         evidence that convicted the murderer" [syn: {forensic
         pathology}]