medical examiner

noun

Definition of medical examinernext
as in doctor

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Recent Examples of medical examiner Shortly before midnight, a hospital social worker notified the family that boy had been found breathing when a medical examiner's office transporter arrived to collect his body, according to the reports. — Jose R. Gonzalez, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Kernodle suffered the most sharp-force wounds, with the aforementioned medical examiner’s report emphasizing that many of her injuries appeared to be defensive. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026 While the medical examiner initially noted the cause of death as a gunshot wound, the case was officially ruled a homicide on Thursday. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026 Following the medical examiner's findings and a months-long investigation, police arrested Jordan and O'Connell Thursday. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical examiner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical examiner
  1. doctor
  2. family physician
  3. physician
  4. family doctor
  5. coroner
  6. pathologist
  7. family practitioner
  8. doc
Noun
  • When reached by phone by CNN, one of the lead doctors for the trial, Yu Yongguo, declined to comment and hung up.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • That process happens anywhere in the world — including in the human gut, where microbes eat indigestible foods, and create a byproduct medical doctors might describe as flatulence.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • Stephanie McCullough is a family physician who completed an additional surgical OB fellowship.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Santina Wheat, a family physician, encourages patients to cook food when possible but said thoroughly washing produce is still a good first step.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of family physician
Noun
  • The safest and most sensible answer today is that AI is not ready to be independently licensed like a physician.
    — Humayun Chaudhry, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Michael Goldstein is a physician and attorney who has run to represent the district multiple times.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • Asking them to lead your exit is like asking your family doctor to perform heart surgery.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Insurers pay family doctors the least and specialists the most, which explains the perpetual shortage of primary care providers.
    — Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
Definition of family doctor
Noun
  • In 2002, former West Brom footballer Jeff Astle died, with a coroner later recording the verdict of death by industrial injury.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • The pump alarm was still beeping when a coroner’s investigator arrived.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of coroner
Noun
  • The review, led by pathologist and biomedical researcher Dudley Lamming and published in the journal Cell Press Blue, examined more than 350 studies involving humans, mice, insects, yeast, and other organisms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Three pathologists who examined the autopsy report told Mississippi Today and The New York Times that his death should have been deemed a homicide.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 25 July 2026
Definition of pathologist
Noun
  • And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.
    — Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of family practitioner
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 doc

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“Medical examiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20examiner. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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