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

Kimberly Park, 21, and Richard Falor, 43, are both being held at the Wexford County Jail as the medical examiner performs an autopsy of the woman found earlier this week. —Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025

The medical examiner ruled the cause of death a stab wound to the back and the manner of death a homicide. —Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025

The strained relationship between the two agencies, which has reportedly been going on for years, reached a peak on Monday when the medical examiner’s office released a statement saying the LAPD had initiated a court order for a security hold on the case. —Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025

During Resecker's trial this month, jurors heard from police who testified about the cause of the crash, a toxicologist who talked about the THC in Resecker's system and a medical examiner who told them about the violence of the collision. —Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Nov. 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