medical examiner

noun

1. a physician or other person trained in medicine who is appointed by a city, county, or the like, to perform autopsies on the bodies of persons supposed to have died from unnatural causes and to investigate the cause and circumstances of such deaths.
2. a physician retained by an insurance company, industrial firm, or the like, to give medical examinations to its clients or employees.

medical examiner

noun

1. a medical expert, usually a physician, employed by a state or local government to determine the cause of sudden death in cases of suspected violence, suicide, etc Compare coroner
2. a physician who carries out medical examinations

Word History and Origins

Origin of medical examiner¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The L.A. medical examiner’s office has yet to confirm Vega’s death.

From Los Angeles Times

To understand how the suicides occurred, The New York Times and The Desert Sun interviewed dozens of people including current and former jail employees, relatives of the dead, independent medical examiners and civil rights lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times

Trace amounts of ketamine were found in his stomach, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner.

From Los Angeles Times

The “Lifestyle” and “Type of Way” rapper’s death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

A spokesperson for the office of the chief medical examiner in Connecticut told the PA agency he suffered from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

From BBC