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Noun: palaeopathology
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paleopathology)
  1. The study of disease of former times, as inferred from fossil evidence
    "palaeopathology revealed evidence of arthritis in Neanderthal remains";
    - paleopathology [N. Amer]

Type of: archaeology, archeology [US], pathology

Encyclopedia: Palaeopathology