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

Bizzell added that the state medical examiner's office was conducting autopsies to determine how the children died. —Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

The water temperature was said to be above the state’s 120-degree limit for individual showers, resulting in burns covering more than 33% of Johnson’s body, according to the medical examiner's report. —Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025

Rodriguez died July 2 from the toxic effects of a drug combination that included fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine and cocaine, New York City’s medical examiner disclosed in August. —Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025

Johnson County medical examiners later determined that Morgan’s neck had been broken and ruled her manner of death a homicide. —Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for medical examiner

• interlaminar
• laminar

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