法ほう医い解かい剖ぼう

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Meanings

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noun

medicolegal autopsy; forensic autopsy

Technical term for an autopsy performed for legal or forensic purposes, as opposed to a clinical or pathological autopsy.

法method, law, rule

医doctor, medicine

解unravel, notes, key

剖divide

司し法ほう解かい剖ぼう
司法解剖 is a near synonym also meaning 'judicial autopsy', often used interchangeably with 法医解剖 in legal contexts.
病びょう理り解かい剖ぼう
病理解剖 is a clinical or pathological autopsy performed for medical research or diagnosis, not primarily for legal investigation.

Compound of 法医 (ほうい, 'legal medicine') + 解剖 (かいぼう, 'dissection, autopsy'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound.