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

The medical examiner ruled Hall's death a homicide caused by blunt-force and sharp-force trauma. —Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025

The sign spots were chosen using suicide location data from the medical examiner's office and the Medical College of Wisconsin's division of suicide research and healing, the divisions director, Sara Kohlbeck, said. —Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Actually, Skull was wearing a red, white and blue USA coat, according to the medical examiner's report. —Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025

The medical examiner’s report noted that doctors attempted a hemicraniectomy on Frehlehy, a procedure aimed at potentially alleviating the hematoma. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 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