medical examiner
medical examiner (1)(负责人寿保险或职工工伤赔偿等的)特约体检医生 (2)〈美〉法医 负责调查死亡、进行尸体解剖，并协助对刑事命案提起控诉的公共官员。在许多州中已取代了验尸官〔coroner〕，有时也简写为「examiner」。
MEDICAL EXAMINER
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.]