medical examiner


noun
  1. 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.

  2. a physician retained by an insurance company, industrial firm, or the like, to give medical examinations to its clients or employees.

Origin of medical examiner

1
First recorded in 1840–50

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How to use medical examiner in a sentence

  • He rather liked the medical examiner, but he did not at all admire detective Weston or his ways.

    The Come Back | Carolyn Wells
  • Give me an application blank and round up a medical examiner.

    The Best Policy | Elliott Flower
  • In an hour the medical examiner would come; all would in turn be examined on oath.

    The Carleton Case | Ellery H. Clark
  • Sid Parkes was small and slight, so small that he was almost rejected by the medical examiner.

  • Approval of the medical examiner must be secured before registration is permitted.

    College Teaching | Paul Klapper

British Dictionary definitions for medical examiner

medical examiner

noun
  1. mainly US 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

  2. a physician who carries out medical examinations

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