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

Derived forms: paleopathologies

Type of: archaeology, archeology [US], pathology

Encyclopedia: Paleopathology