PATHOLOGIST Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

pathologist

noun

Definition of pathologist

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 These days, Petur Gudmann Gudmannsson, Iceland’s only full-time forensic pathologist, contends with as many fictional murders as real ones. — HubSpot, 1 Oct. 2026 Rather, the first doctor to see the child’s grave illness is often the pathologist who performs their autopsy. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026 Edwards is a UMass-Amherst graduate who was originally a speech pathologist and in 2001 founded the Jonathan Edwards Winery with his parents, Bob and Karen. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 The jury also heard from a forensic pathologist hired by Wells’ family to conduct an independent autopsy. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pathologist

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Noun

Bruni said the pope's doctors would decide if there were any changes expected to his discharge date.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
At the time, doctors didn’t believe it was linked to her vision loss.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

As an emergency physician, what is so maddening about a case like hers is that the medicine is not mysterious.

— Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Yesterday, Allessandra DiCorato profiled cancer biologist and first-year resident physician Neal Carleton, whose work is focused on improving treatment for older patients with breast cancer.

— Sarah Todd, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of physician

Noun

Last month, the county medical examiner-coroner’s office classified Aurora’s death as a homicide.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office’s coroner division was expected to release her name after notifying her next of kin.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of coroner

Noun

In a 12-11 party line vote, Nicole Saphier — a former Fox News contributor and radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York — took a step closer to becoming the nation’s top doctor.

— Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Saphier is a radiologist by training and has appeared on Fox News.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of radiologist

Noun

Harris, a pediatric neurologist at Kennedy Krieger, is an expert on epigenetic machinery disorders, of which NCBRS is one.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
In 1969, neurologist Oliver Sacks gave L-DOPA to patients who had spent decades nearly motionless after the encephalitis epidemic of the early 20th century.

— Mallory Green, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of neurologist

Noun

The Holloway lawsuit names Cook Children’s and Sandra Rodriguez, an on-call pediatrician at Medical City Weatherford, as additional defendants.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
Researchers and pediatricians are increasingly emphasizing content, context and emotional experiences when assessing the potential effects of screen time, and that reframing is beginning to reshape the advice families get.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pediatrician

Noun

Jeffrey Millstein is an internist and regional medical director for primary and specialty care at Penn Medicine.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
Cara developed new symptoms over the course of the summer, including unexplained vomiting, and so her parents took her to see an internist in August.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026

Definition of internist

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