as in doctor
a medical professional studying diseases and especially one who examines bodies to find out the cause of death
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Recent Examples of pathologist
Gridley, 60, abused at least eight students while working as a speech and language pathologist at Prairie Park, according to court documents and the Lawrence Police Department.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
He was hired in 2013 as a forensic pathologist and in 2017 was promoted to chief forensic pathologist, according to spokesperson Kim Nava.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Tovar is currently working as a forensic pathologist in the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office, Chuck Westerheide, a spokesperson for that county, said Tuesday.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
In other testimony Thursday, a forensic pathologist told jurors that the injuries on Wadee’s hands indicated that the boy likely tried to shield himself from his attacker.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
He was hired in 2013 as a forensic pathologist and in 2017 was promoted to chief forensic pathologist, according to spokesperson Kim Nava.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Tovar is currently working as a forensic pathologist in the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office, Chuck Westerheide, a spokesperson for that county, said Tuesday.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
In other testimony Thursday, a forensic pathologist told jurors that the injuries on Wadee’s hands indicated that the boy likely tried to shield himself from his attacker.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathologist
Noun
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During a procedure to remove the masses, doctors found two additional tumors in her lungs.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What’s the statistic there, the average ER physician has to see a patient every three to four minutes?—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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What happens when a bride returning on a flight from her honeymoon – and who is a family medicine physician – starts to feel intense chest pain and nausea and an emergency room physician are on the same flight?—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Senior coroner Anne Pember reportedly said Bednarczyk had been identified through DNA, adding that her body had not been released yet.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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His medical records, often presented in courts as proof that Lansky could not possibly endure legal proceedings, read like coroners’ reports, not descriptions of a living man.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Without more evidence, the leading associations of radiologists, the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America, haven’t recommended whole-body MRIs for the average healthy person.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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What came next felt like a whirlwind: a mammogram, an ultrasound, then a call from the radiologist urging her to get a biopsy immediately.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Your neurologist or psychiatrist may assist you in learning about ongoing research trials.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lagrange, a neurologist, had diagnosed a 42-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This involves talking to your child's pediatrician about allergy management techniques.—
Health Editorial Team,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Toxic algae bloom possibly related to Palisades Fire sickens marine life 02:54 Stephanie Wilcox said her toddler's pediatrician recommended testing their home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The move is designed to help fuel Dorothy St. Pictures’ ambitions to grow its talent pool in the U.K. and U.S. and expand its development of premium nonfiction series and docs, as well as its narrative film slate, to further genres and platforms.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Birdman also signed off on the docs, indicating the couple is currently in a good space.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Pathologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathologist. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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