MEDICAL EXAMINER Definition & Meaning

medical examiner

noun

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.
a physician retained by an insurance company, industrial firm, or the like, to give medical examinations to its clients or employees.

medical examiner

noun

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
a physician who carries out medical examinations

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of medical examiner¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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Investigators with the medical examiner’s office are now working to identify the remains.

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Silvanna fell asleep on the car ride home, and when she arrived home she stayed asleep and was transitioned into her bed, according to the medical examiner’s office.

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Paramedics found the child unresponsive and a medical examiner later ruled he overdosed.

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An autopsy found marks on Herman’s face, torso and arms that the medical examiner said indicated he had been shot at close range.

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Police said an investigation into her death was underway and Virginia's chief medical examiner will determine the cause.

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