pathologist
noun
pa·thol·o·gist
pə-ˈthä-lə-jist 
pa-
: a specialist in pathology
specifically
: a physician who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids
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Famed pathologist offers insight into circumstances of teen military hopeful's death.
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Fox News, 17 May 2024
And ducks, the natural hosts of bird flu viruses, were thought to be more or less impervious to disease caused by them, said Thijs Kuiken, a pathologist in the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 May 2024
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Fox News, 17 May 2024
And ducks, the natural hosts of bird flu viruses, were thought to be more or less impervious to disease caused by them, said Thijs Kuiken, a pathologist in the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 May 2024
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pathologist
noun
pa·thol·o·gist
pə-ˈthäl-ə-jəst
pa-
: a specialist in pathology
Medical Definition
pathologist
noun
pa·thol·o·gist
pə-ˈthäl-ə-jəst, pa-
: a specialist in pathology
specifically
: a physician who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids
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