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 North Carolina medical examiner’s report, however, noted that there were no signs of a physical struggle. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026 Roberts said that by not calling on the case’s medical examiner or state medical expert to testify, prosecutors failed to prove that Fatherley’s actions directly led to Adair’s death. — Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 According to the medical examiner’s records, he was pronounced dead at the entrance to Sam’s Club. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 The Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office will determine a cause and manner of death. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical examiner

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This plan will break up monopolies, lower medical debt, bring down the cost of prescription drugs, and ensure doctors decide what medication their patients need — not insurance companies.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The baby was last, which might have been why doctors were able to briefly restart a heartbeat once he was rushed to the hospital after his father returned home.

— Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

In some cases, added Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, a family physician based in Pennsylvania, a result may not be useful regardless of how accurately it’s interpreted.

— Cathy Cassata, HEALTH, 21 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of family physician

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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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The sheriff’s deputies and local police who accompany the coroner’s team to the death scene have learned what to expect.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
The Inyo County coroner will determine his cause and manner of death, which have not yet been released publicly.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of coroner

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The former child star has been working as a licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP) since 2017, according to her Expressable profile.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of pathologist

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Others are likely to follow in his footsteps, because docs about the worst day of someone’s life and the terrible things people do to one another is a genre of entertainment that audiences can’t get enough of.

— Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Producer and 10 Lives founder and CEO Daniel Catullo set the stage for such a party by introducing the film and encouraging audience members to get out of their seats during the showing and record clips of the doc.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

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