pathologist
pronunciation
How to pronounce pathologist in British English:
UK [pəˈθɒlədʒɪst]
How to pronounce pathologist in American English:
US [pəˈθɑːlədʒɪst]
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- Noun:
- a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
Word Origin
- pathologist (n.)
- 1640s, from pathology + -ist.
Example
- 1. The go-getter : rose godfrey , 42 , speech pathologist and farmer
- 2. By this time , hardly surprisingly , he was working as a pathologist .
- 3. Meanwhile , the jackson family has hired a private pathologist to conduct a second autopsy .
- 4. Although the scans looked promising , the companies needed to show that what they revealed was the same as what a pathologist would see on autopsy .
- 5. After the patients died , their brains were shipped to phoenix , where a pathologist sliced them into about 100 tiny pieces and sent them off for analysis of plaque .