FORENSIC


Meaning of FORENSIC in English

/ fəˈrensɪk; NAmE ; -ˈrenzɪk/ adjective [ only before noun ]

1.

connected with the scientific tests used by the police when trying to solve a crime :

forensic evidence / medicine / science / tests

the forensic laboratory

a forensic pathologist

2.

connected with or used in court :

a forensic psychiatrist (= one who examines people who have been accused of a crime)

••

WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from Latin forensis in open court, public, from forum what is out of doors , originally denoting an enclosure surrounding a house.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.