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 city’s medical examiner’s office was conducting an autopsy on Thursday to determine how the boy died. —Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 June 2025

When his body was found, it was transferred to the state medical examiner, the agency said. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025

After recovering the body, the rangers returned to Denali National Park and Preserve headquarters, where Chiu’s body was then transferred to the state medical examiner. —Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 June 2025

The man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Marcelino Perez, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. —William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 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