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.
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Author Info: David Kaminstein MD, The Gale Group Inc., Gale, Detroit, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2002 |