Noun: paleopathology
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: palaeopathology)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: palaeopathology)
- 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