pathologist
noun
pa·thol·o·gist
| \ pə-ˈthä-lə-jist
, pa-\
, pa-\
Definition of pathologist
: a specialist in pathology
specifically
: one who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids
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The private pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, was the city’s chief medical examiner in the late 1970s and has been called as an expert witness in high-profile cases including by the defense at O.J. Simpson’s 1994 murder trial. — Time, "Staff Guarding Jeffrey Epstein Were Working Extreme Overtime the Morning of His Death," 12 Aug. 2019 The private pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, was the city’s chief medical examiner in the late 1970s and has been called as an expert witness in high-profile cases including by the defense at O.J. Simpson’s 1994 murder trial. — Michael Balsamo, The Denver Post, "Jeffrey Epstein’s guards worked extreme OT shifts morning of death," 11 Aug. 2019 Many of the physician leaders who took on the N.R.A. are women: Esther Choo, an emergency-room doctor; Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist; Stephanie Bonne, a trauma surgeon; Jeannie Moorjani, a pediatrician. — Eric Topol, The New Yorker, "Why Doctors Should Organize," 5 Aug. 2019 Already, the emergence of machine learning has led some observers to proclaim that, in the future, hospitals will be able to do without radiologists, pathologists, and other medical specialists. — Eric Topol, The New Yorker, "Why Doctors Should Organize," 5 Aug. 2019 But authorities said trained forensic pathologists, such as at the state medical examiner’s office, look for signs of trauma that others could miss. — oregonlive.com, "Eugene day care operator accused of manslaughter in 2018 baby death," 23 July 2019 The results, published in 2017 in JAMA, showed that 10 matched or exceeded a panel of 11 pathologists. — Jennifer Couzin-frankel, Science | AAAS, "Artificial intelligence could revolutionize medical care. But don’t trust it to read your x-ray just yet," 17 June 2019 Speech pathologists flee for better-paying jobs in health care or suburban schools, 26-year veteran Linda Porosky told board members. — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "MPS is hemorrhaging workers, its teachers union says. Will a new salary schedule help?," 10 June 2019 Hospital pathologists have strongly objected to the Paige. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "The New Frontier of Participatory Cancer Research," 26 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pathologist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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pathologist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of pathologist
medical
: a doctor who specializes in pathology
especially
: a doctor who examines bodies to find out the cause of death
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pathologist
noun
pa·thol·o·gist
| \ pə-ˈthäl-ə-jəst, pa-
\
\
Medical Definition of pathologist
: a specialist in pathology
specifically
: a physician who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids
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