PALAEOPATHOLOGY

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Meaning:

The study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)

Synonyms:

palaeopathology; paleopathology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("palaeopathology" is a kind of...):

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)