Term: forensic medicine: the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes
Candidate hypernym: life science: any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms → 1
Candidate hypernym: mayacaceae: a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales → 0
Candidate hypernym: loose cannon: a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous → 0
Candidate hypernym: cherub: an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child → 0
Candidate hypernym: self-adapting program: a program that can change its performance in response to its environment → 0
Candidate hypernym: friction tape: a water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors → 0
Candidate hypernym: special pleading: an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence → 0
Candidate hypernym: couch: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment → 0
Candidate hypernym: sputnik: a Russian artificial satellite → 0
Candidate hypernym: milestone: stone post at side of a road to show distances → 0
Candidate hypernym: kangaroo rat: any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae → 0