单词 | medical examiner |
释义 | > as lemmasmedical examiner medical examiner n. (a) a doctor who carries out an examination for health or physical fitness (also in the titles of medical periodicals); (b) U.S. a medically qualified public officer whose duty is to investigate deaths that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortems, and to initiate inquests. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > health officer > [noun] surgeon-general1777 medical board1796 medical officer1817 medical examiner1820 health-officer1856 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > examiner examiner1672 medical examiner1820 screener1977 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > conductor of inquests or coroner > types of coronerc1325 crowner1327 purpressure1477 medical examiner1820 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth I. iii. 132 The wretched inmate of a similar mansion, when produced before a medical examiner, was reported to be a complete Albinos. 1877 in Acts & Resolves Mass. Bay 580 The governor shall nominate..able and discreet men, learned in the science of medicine, to be medical examiners. 1937 T. A. Gonzales et al. Legal Med. & Toxicol. ii. 9 The coroner has investigative and judicial powers; the medical examiner can conduct only an investigation. 1990 M. S. Peck Bed by Window vii. 122 The medical examiner went through the usual ifs, ands, and buts about the degree of lividity and the unreliability of rectal temperatures. < as lemmas |
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