pathologist
- noun
- /pəˈθɒlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- The pathologist examined the tissue samples under the microscope to determine the cause of death.
- plant pathologist
- veterinary pathologist
- clinicians and pathologists
Whereas the even mildly fatigued or well rested human pathologists, as great as they come, might miss that.
- Whereas the even mildly fatigued or well rested human pathologists, as great as they come, might miss that.
- We as medical, legal death investigators are the eyes and the ears of the forensic pathologist on the scene.
- He was a hematologist, pathologist in Denver, and his uncle was General Jimmy Doolittle.
Examples
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She is the pathologist who conducted the autopsies of Maggie and Paul.
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"A noted pathologist at Chicago Memorial Hospital...
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When Charlie called the animal pathologist that afternoon, the report was ready.
Fiction book (1990) -
I used to want to be a forensic pathologist.
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But I'm a very good pathologist.
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Pathologist said it was probably an ordinary kitchen knife.
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She had her pathologist look at the medical report.
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Look, Ron, the pathologist got it wrong, it's happened before, estimating time of death's very difficult.
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"Apparently, the author is a pathologist who found twenty-three cases similar to those you've described.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was no point in calling Wilbur Palmer, the pathologist who had dug up the dog Sadie.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
A person who treats sick or injured people
A person who treats sick or injured people
A doctor who finds what is wrong and treats sick or injured people
A person trained to treat sick or injured people, like a doctor
A doctor who finds what illness someone has by looking at their symptoms
A doctor with extra training in one part of medicine
A doctor who looks at samples to find illness
A person who is trained to treat people when they are sick
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pathologist comes from the Greek root path- meaning 'disease' or 'suffering' and the ending -logist, from -logy, meaning 'study', as in biology. So a pathologist is a doctor who 'studies' disease by looking at tissues, cells, and bodily fluids.