Medical term:
pathologist
pathologist
[pah-thol´o-jist]a specialist in some kind of pathology; for specific types, see under the name.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
pa·thol·o·gist
(pa-thol'ŏ-jist),A specialist in pathology; a physician who practices, evaluates, or supervises diagnostic tests, using materials removed from living or dead patients, and functions as a laboratory consultant to clinicians, or who conducts experiments or other investigations to determine the causes or nature of disease changes.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pathologist
A physician trained in evaluating tissues–surgical pathology, cells–cytology and/or lab medicine-clinical pathology, to render a diagnosis Average salary $190 K. See Cytologist/cytopathologist, Dermatopathologist, Forensic pathologist, Hematopathologist, Histopathologist, Immunohematopathologist, Immunopathologist, Neuropathologist, Speech pathologist.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
pa·thol·o·gist
(pă-thol'ŏ-jist)A specialist in pathology; a physician who performs, interprets, or supervises diagnostic tests, using materials removed from living or dead patients, and functions as a laboratory consultant to clinicians, or who conducts experiments or other investigations to determine the causes or nature of disease changes.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
Pathologist
A doctor who specializes in the anatomic (structural) and chemical changes that occur with diseases. These doctors function in the laboratory, examining biopsy specimens, and regulating studies performed by the hospital laboratories (blood tests, urine tests, etc). Pathologists also perform autopsies.
Mentioned in: Colonoscopy, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Biopsy, Skin Biopsy, Thyroid Biopsy
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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