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forensic science

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several fields of study involving the collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Arabic: طِبّ شَرْعِيّ (ṭibb šarʕiyy) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法醫學 /法医学 (fǎyīxué) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法醫科學 /法医科学 (fǎyī kēxué) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 司法鑒定學 /司法鉴定学 (sīfǎ jiàndìng xué) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鑒證 /鉴证 (jiànzhèng) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Esperanto: jurmedicino — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Finnish: rikostekninen tutkimus — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • French: criminalistique — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • French: médecine légale — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • French: traçologie — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • German: Kriminalistik — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • German: Kriminaltechnik — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • German: Forensik — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • German: forensische Wissenschaft — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Icelandic: réttarvísindi — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Italian: criminalistica — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Japanese: 法科学 (hōkagaku) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Korean: 법의학 (beobuihak) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Persian: پزشکی قانونی (pezeški-ye qânuni) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Polish: kryminalistyka — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Polish: medycyna sądowa — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Portuguese: criminalística — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Portuguese: medicina forense — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Portuguese: medicina legal — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Portuguese: medicina judiciária — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Russian: криминали́стика (kriminalístika) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Russian: суде́бная медици́на (sudébnaja medicína) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Spanish: criminalística — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Spanish: medicina forense — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Spanish: medicina legal — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Thai: นิติวิทยาศาสตร์ (ní-dtì-wít-tá-yaa-sàat) — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis
  • Vietnamese: pháp y khoa học — collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis