pathologist

[puh-thah-luh-jist]

noun

1. a person who studies or works in pathology.

2. a medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing diseases.

3. Also called forensic pathologist. a medical doctor whose specialty is determining why someone died by examining their body.

Example Sentences

As the pathologist at the scene observes: “This is a strange kind of do.”

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A pathologist found they had died by homicide by unspecified means, including the use of Nortriptyline, an antidepressant, the prosecution said.

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A pathologist told the court he had died from a "stab wound of the heart".

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A pathologist found they had died by homicide by unspecified means, including the use of Nortriptyline, the prosecution said.

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A UK forensic pathologist told the inquest this could not be determined and criticised the treatment of her body which involved her organs inexplicably being dissected prior to repatriation.

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