as in doctor
a medical professional studying diseases and especially one who examines bodies to find out the cause of death
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Recent Examples of pathologist
Those leases were expiring, and the families could not afford to renew them, so Villanueva helped exhume the bodies, turning over the bones to a forensic pathologist who examined the remains and kept records for future use.
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Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
State records in Florida say a woman of the same name is a licensed speech-language pathologist in good standing.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
The licensed speech pathologist has arrest records in Orlando and Orange County, Florida.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
Sho Nakagun, veterinary pathologist at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, is the lead author on the study.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
State records in Florida say a woman of the same name is a licensed speech-language pathologist in good standing.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
The licensed speech pathologist has arrest records in Orlando and Orange County, Florida.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
Sho Nakagun, veterinary pathologist at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, is the lead author on the study.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathologist
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The next morning, doctors noted that his tongue had become swollen, DHS said.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2026
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While some doctors had already been recommending levels below 100 or 70 mg/dL for intermediate and high risk, respectively, the new recommendation to get LDL down to 55 mg/dL for people at very high risk is new and more aggressive.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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However, physician care and home health care costs were tame.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Black female physicians have the highest mortality rate among doctors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff’s office is investigating the death alongside the district attorney’s and coroner’s offices.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Pennsylvania State Police and its criminal investigation unit responded to the scene, and the coroner has also been notified.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Fulgham said there are AI tools that double check radiology scans to identify risk factors that a human radiologist might have missed.—
Emily Brindley,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Occasionally, the utility of these tools raises concerns of AI replacing the human expert radiologist.—
Peter Shen,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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My neurologist ordered MRIs and neuropsychological testing, which showed cognitive decline.—
Shon Lowe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, a neurologist and sleep specialist at UC Davis Health, said the human body naturally follows the sun.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The decision is a setback for Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist who promised to restore trust in the public health agencies, but whose controversial policies have created confusion among pediatricians and contributed to more distrust of childhood vaccination, experts say.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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The goal is to help primary care physicians, pediatricians and family practice doctors get better at identifying and helping people struggling with mental illness and substance abuse.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Night Train positions itself as a specialist in co-production and co-financing for TV series, feature films and docs.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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At Georgia Tech, my team of students and post-docs has spent more than a decade tackling this problem.—
J. Carson Meredith,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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There are important cultural differences between an internist struggling to treat patients in a private-equity conglomerate and a John Deere machinist on strike because of layoffs.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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The concept of food as medicine isn’t new, said Dr. Jaclyn Albin, an internist and director of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Culinary Medicine Program.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Pathologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathologist. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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