forensic exam
Evidence analysis procedure
A forensic exam is a medical examination conducted to collect evidence for legal proceedings.
The term most commonly refers to a sexual assault forensic exam, where trained personnel document injuries and gather biological evidence from a victim's body: She went to the hospital for a forensic exam after the attack.
Forensic exams may also involve autopsies or other evidence collection from crime scenes.
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- post mortemAnalysis after the fact
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- dental recordsOral health documentation
- DNAHereditary code molecule
crime scene · crime lab · investigation · laboratory · pathologist · testimony · fingerprints · coroner · swab · trace evidence · samples · analysis · courtroom · body · morgue · toxicology · specimen · detective
- morguebody, cadaver, corpse, coroner, toe tag
- postmortemspostmortem, post-mortem, autopsy, necropsy, death investigation
- death investigationautopsy report, cause of death, death certificate, coroner's office, morgue
forensic examquick look
Brief visual inspection
casual observation · once-over · eyeballing · gut-check · quick scan
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