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legist
medical examiner (forensic pathologist) /leˈdʒist/
noun#4341 most common
Also: jurist, legal expert (dated, formal sense), forensic (as in medic legist)
Example sentences
Legistul examinează corpul.
The medical examiner examines the body.
Poliția a chemat un legist la locul crimei.
The police called a medical examiner to the crime scene.
Legistul a stabilit ora decesului victimei.
The medical examiner determined the time of the victim's death.
Raportul legistului a confirmat cauza morții.
The medical examiner's report confirmed the cause of death.
Fără concluziile legistului, ancheta nu ar fi avansat atât de repede.
Without the medical examiner's conclusions, the investigation would not have moved forward so fast.
Legiștii au fost nevoiți să reconstituie traiectoria glonțului pornind de la unghiul plăgii, ceea ce a schimbat radical direcția anchetei.
The medical examiners had to reconstruct the bullet's path from the angle of the wound, which changed the direction of the investigation completely.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | legist | legiști |
| Genitive | legistului | legiștilor |
| Accusative | legist | legiști |
| Vocative | legistule | legiștilor |
Word family
Etymology
Legist entered Romanian from French légiste, the word used in médecin légiste, meaning forensic doctor. French légiste itself comes from Latin lex, legis, meaning law, the same root behind legal and legislație. Romanian speakers later shortened medic legist to just legist, so today the word usually means medical examiner rather than its older, more formal sense of legal expert.
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