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medicolegal

medicolegal adjective: of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop attempting resuscitation, or when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery.

Adjective

medicolegal (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop attempting resuscitation, or when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery.

medicolegal meaning in Tamil

medicolegal in Tamil

சட்டம் சார்ந்த மருத்துவம், மருத்துவம் சார் சட்டம்

Origin of medicolegal

From medico- + legal.

Words formed from medicolegal

Questions about medicolegal

What does medicolegal mean?
Medicolegal means of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop attempting resuscitation, or when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery.
What is medicolegal in Tamil?
Medicolegal in Tamil is சட்டம் சார்ந்த மருத்துவம், மருத்துவம் சார் சட்டம். See Medicolegal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is medicolegal?
Medicolegal is an adjective.

Words near medicolegal in the dictionary

  1. medicocriminal
  2. medicoculinary
  3. medicocultural
  4. medicodental
  5. medicoeconomic
  6. medicolegal
  7. medicolegality
  8. medicolegally
  9. medicomania
  10. medicomechanic
  11. medicomechanical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: medicolegal (page history and authors); medicolegal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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