MEDICAL EXAMINER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

medical examiner

noun

Definition of medical examiner

as in doctor

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Recent Examples of medical examiner The city’s medical examiner will determine Rodriguez’s cause of death. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Those were later identified as the same person, Claude Russell Pensinger, who disappeared in July 1998, according to the Clark County medical examiner. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The official causes of death remain pending determinations by the medical examiner. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 During the first day of the trial, the jury heard testimonies from witnesses, Bridegan's widow and the medical examiner. — Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical examiner

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Noun

A lot of great people — doctors, nurses, administration — who really, really cared.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

But the homes can’t have a doctor of their own on staff, and a family physician working for the state will be required to visit them once a month.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Stephanie McCullough is a family physician who completed an additional surgical OB fellowship.

— Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of family physician

Noun

Epic’s announcement comes at a time health insurance business practices are under fire from patients, physicians, lawmakers and regulators at both the state and federal level to reduce or get rid of prior authorization.

— Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Investigators said those charged Monday include five people who submitted applications with a physician's signature certifying that each was legally blind or unable to walk more than 200 feet because of disabilities, according to court records.

— Larry Seward, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of physician

Noun

But right at that moment Giovanni Di Lillo, a family doctor who had retired over twenty years earlier, had happened to be passing by during his morning constitutional along the coast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Asking them to lead your exit is like asking your family doctor to perform heart surgery.

— Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of family doctor

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An autopsy performed Monday revealed no signs of trauma that would have contributed to her death, the coroner’s office said.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Officials arrived on scene to assist in the investigation, and the coroner was also on scene to conduct their investigation.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of coroner

Noun

In both cases, the pathologists have waited for the results of toxicology tests, which can take weeks to complete.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Graphic autopsy photos of Shakur were also shown to jurors as a forensic pathologist detailed the rapper’s fatal injuries and the extensive efforts doctors made to save his life after he was shot nearly 30 years ago.

— Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of pathologist

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