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

He was pronounced dead at 9:43 p.m. May 17 at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, according to the medical examiner’s office. —Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025

The child’s body was sent to the medical examiner’s office, and investigators obtained a warrant to search the mother’s home and found methamphetamine, authorities said. —Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025

Emma Huke, a 25-year-old employee of Sound Talent Group, was identified as another victim of the crash, according to the medical examiner’s office. —Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 23 May 2025

Bonner, 35, died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease on May 27, 2024, according to the medical examiner’s autopsy report. —Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 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