Medical Examiner Definition

noun
A physician, usually a pathologist, who is officially authorized to determine the cause of suspicious or unusual deaths.
American Heritage Medicine
A coroner or similar public officer.
Webster's New World
A physician who performs medical examinations, as of applicants for life insurance.
Webster's New World

A physician who examines cadavers on behalf of the government.

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Noun

Singular:
medical examiner
Plural:
medical-examiners

Medical Examiner Sentence Examples

  • Dean and Sackler took names, shooed the men out of the shop and left the back room to the medical examiner.

  • We may require yo u, at our expense, to be examined by a medical examiner of our choice.

  • The chief medical examiner found that there was no physical injury to her body, including trauma or wounds, which would indicate any foul play.

  • In a report released March 26, 2007, the Broward County, Florida medical examiner stated that Smith "ingested several medications" but those drugs were at "therapeutic levels."

  • Autopsy. The autopsy, usually performed by a medical examiner or coroner, focuses on finding any identifiable cause of death.

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