medical examiner

noun

: a usually appointed public officer whose duties are similar to those of a coroner but who is typically required to have specific medical training (as in pathology) and is qualified to conduct medical examinations and autopsies

Examples of medical examiner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Why hadn’t the medical examiner’s office released her purse and other personal items yet? —Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024

The Oneida County medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of his death, officials said. —Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, medical examiner's office online records show. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024

Both women appeared to have been stabbed multiple times, authorities said and the local medical examiner’s office confirmed, per FOX 11, WSAZ and MetroNews. —Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

medical examiner

noun

1

: a usually appointed public officer with duties similar to those of a coroner but who is required to have specific medical training (as in pathology) and is qualified to conduct medical examinations and autopsies

2

: a physician employed to make medical examinations (as of applicants for military service or of claimants of workers' compensation)

3

: a physician appointed to examine and license candidates for the practice of medicine in a political jurisdiction (as a state)

Legal Definition

medical examiner

noun

med·​i·​cal examiner

: a public officer who determines the necessity of and conducts autopsies