pathologist

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pathologist — noun

  • pathologistsingular
  • pathologistsplural

1. a medical doctor who studies diseases by analyzing samples of body tissue, blood

1.名詞B2
釋義

a medical doctor who studies diseases by analyzing samples of body tissue, blood, or other fluids in a laboratory, and who sometimes performs autopsies to find out why a person died

例句

The pathologist examined the tissue sample and confirmed that the tumour was not cancerous.

examined the tissue sample — typical diagnostic work

Dr. Liang, a senior pathologist at the hospital, testified in court about the victim's injuries.

testified in court — forensic pathologist in legal role

同義詞
  • medical examiner

    a pathologist who works for a government agency and investigates suspicious or unexpected deaths; more specific than pathologist

  • forensic pathologist

    a pathologist who specializes in legal cases, such as homicides or accidents; a subset of pathology

文法句型

a pathologist [verb]

[adjective] pathologist

用法筆記

Countable noun. Although many people associate pathologists mainly with autopsies and forensic work, most pathologists work in hospital laboratories analyzing biopsies, blood tests, and surgical samples without ever performing an autopsy.

常見錯誤

❌The pathologist operated on the patient to remove the tumour.
✅The pathologist examined the tumour tissue that the surgeon had removed.
💡Surgeons perform operations; pathologists analyze tissue samples in a laboratory.
❌I went to see a pathologist because I had a fever.
✅When my blood test results came back, a pathologist reviewed them to help my doctor find the cause of my fever.
💡Pathologists usually do not see patients directly; they work through samples and reports.