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

In Los Angeles and Ventura counties, the sheriff's departments and medical examiners function independently. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

According to a medical examiner, Keuker died of multiple blunt impact injuries, ABC7 reports. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

The city’s medical examiner will determine Rodriguez’s cause of death. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

The official causes of death remain pending determinations by the medical examiner. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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