Origin: Latin suffix -al
Medicolegal has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information)
Of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop reattempting resuscitation, when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery, or other ethically sensitive decisions).