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 older teen, identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as 15-year-old Marjay Dotson, was shot in the lower right back and pronounced dead around 7:40 p.m., while the younger teen was shot in the neck and taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said. —Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025

The Los Angeles County medical examiner has identified the man who was killed along with a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant in a multi-vehicle crash on the 405 Freeway this week. —Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025

His death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, however, after elevated amounts of antifreeze were found in his system during his autopsy. —Chris Spargo, People.com, 27 June 2025

Anthony Rangel, 19, died of gunshot wounds of the torso and forearm, according to the medical examiner’s office. —Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 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