medical examiner

medical examiner. A public official who investigates deaths, conducts autopsies, and helps the state prosecute homicide cases. • Medical examiners have replaced coroners in many states. — Sometimes shortened to examiner. See CORONER. [Cases: Coroners

1. C.J.S. Coroners and Medical Examiners § 2.]

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