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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmédecin légiste
Pronunciation / Transliteration: med-sin le-zhist
"Le médecin légiste examine le corps pour trouver des indices."
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An official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths.
"The coroner determined that the cause of death was accidental."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French corouner, from medieval Latin coronarius 'pertaining to the crown', because the coroner was originally an officer of the Crown who kept pleas of the crown.
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médecin légiste
Transliteration: med-sin le-zhist
"Le médecin légiste examine le corps pour trouver des indices."
Leichenbeschauer
Transliteration: lai-chen-be-shau-er
"Der Leichenbeschauer stellte die Todesursache fest."
medico legale
Transliteration: me-di-co le-ga-le
"Il medico legale ha eseguito l'autopsia."
forense
Transliteration: fo-ren-se
"El forense llegó a la escena del crimen."
legista
Transliteration: le-jis-ta
"O legista concluiu o relatório da autópsia."
शवपरीkषक
Transliteration: shav-parikshak
Script: शवपरीक्षक
"शवपरीक्षक ने मौत के कारणों की जाँच की।"
验尸官
Transliteration: yàn shī guān
"验尸官正在确定死者的死因。"
검시관
Transliteration: geom-si-gwan
"검시관이 시신을 부검하기 시작했습니다."
検視官
Transliteration: kenshikan
"検視官が現場に到着し、遺体を調べた。"
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