medical examiners

noun

plural of medical examiner
as in physicians

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  1. physicians
  2. doctors
  3. pathologists
  4. coroners
  5. medics
  6. docs
  7. pediatricians
  8. obstetricians
Noun
  • Emergency physicians report a surge in patients, from children to seniors, experiencing overdoses and severe health issues.
    — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Our instructors and support staff are critical to training future physicians and advancing the health of Connecticut residents.
    — Opinion, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of physicians
Noun
  • Dubbed the White Wings, the sanitation workers sported white pith helmets and uniforms not unlike the lab coats that doctors began to don in the 1880s as germ theory took hold and antiseptics became associated with health.
    — Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Brenda González Rocha, who has lived in her south Omaha home since 2020, thinks both soil and paint are to blame for the lead that doctors found in her 4-year-old daughter’s blood.
    — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • Investigators and forensic pathologists who responded found remains in various states of decomposition.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Otto recommends families seek opinions from pediatricians, speech-language pathologists and ENT doctors before deciding on a frenectomy, following a recent Fort Worth procedure that ended in a 4-year-old girl’s death from a sedative overdose.
    — Star-Telegram staff. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of pathologists
Noun
  • High fees, but ‘no discretion’ – in theory Pennsylvania law establishes high fees for coroners’ records – $500 per autopsy report, plus an additional $100 each for toxicology and coroner–investigator reports.
    — Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • The committee working on the legislation includes seven county coroners and a deputy coroner; representatives of city, county and state law enforcement agencies; a deputy county prosecutor; a county commissioner and a tribal member.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of coroners
Noun
  • Neither of the two blasts Shearer experienced in Iraq produced obvious injuries, and medics prioritized Marines who were more badly hurt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s Army also extends far beyond traditional combat roles, offering more than 200 career fields, ranging from medics and helicopter mechanics to cybersecurity, engineering, military intelligence and animal care.
    — Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of medics
Noun
  • The date of separation is listed as May 9, per court docs obtained and reviewed by Entertainment Weekly.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
  • Will Philly-area hospitals have to provide ER docs, patient info to KONZA Health?
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of docs
Noun
  • Even less of that information has reached the adults best positioned to support them in a crisis, such as parents, pediatricians and community therapists.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • More than 2,600 educators, tutors, volunteers, and pediatricians were trained in early literacy development and/or strategies to support young children’s literacy skills.
    — Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of pediatricians
Noun
  • The approach to paying obstetricians and midwives is changing.
    — Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026
  • But no, this is an actual phrase in the world of medicine, apparently used by obstetricians to inflict emotional harm on pregnant folks over the age of 35.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of obstetricians
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