In this paper we introduce an open, scientific glossary which uses MediaWiki engine to the forensic examiner and pattern recognition scientific communities. Besides our aim to find editors from these communities who contribute to extend the glossary and make it as complete as possible, we would like to translate the terms from English to other languages, e.g. Portuguese, German, Chinese, Japane...

Adaptive immune response: Second line of the immune response that is specific to a given foreign molecule or pathogen and leads to an " immunological memory " after the first response to the molecule or pathogen. Additive: The effect when two or more agents act together to achieve a result that is the sum of the effects achieved by the individual agents. AIDS­defining illness or event: Any one ...