: 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
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His death was ruled a suicide by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025 The medical examiner’s report has raised serious concerns among some who work with pediatric patients.—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025 The medical examiner’s office said her cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, WAVY reported.—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025 The medical examiner's office did find that the victim was a white male between the ages of 60 and 80, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 118 pounds, with short gray hair and blue eyes, according to the department.—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for medical examiner
: 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)
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medical examiner
noun
med·i·cal examiner
: a public officer who determines the necessity of and conducts autopsies
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