medical examiner
Americannoun
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a physician or other person trained in medicine who is appointed by a city, county, or the like, to perform autopsies on the bodies of persons supposed to have died from unnatural causes and to investigate the cause and circumstances of such deaths.
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a physician retained by an insurance company, industrial firm, or the like, to give medical examinations to its clients or employees.
noun
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a medical expert, usually a physician, employed by a state or local government to determine the cause of sudden death in cases of suspected violence, suicide, etc Compare coroner
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a physician who carries out medical examinations
Etymology
Origin of medical examiner
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The city’s medical examiner later attributed both deaths to drownings, and the police found no evidence of criminality.
A medical examiner is investigating the cause of death, Wilking said.
From Los Angeles Times
A spokesperson for the CHP said that, out of respect for Cano’s family and the integrity of the review process, the agency was refraining from comment until it had “thoroughly examined” the medical examiner’s report.
From Los Angeles Times
The medical examiner’s office said the Los Angeles Police Department obtained a court order blocking the autopsy results from being publicly released.
Army hospital rather than the local medical examiner, where a military spokesperson said that the agency would not make his autopsy public.
From Salon
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