Medical Dictionary

paleopathology

noun pa·leo·pa·thol·o·gy
plural pa·leo·pa·thol·o·gies

Medical Definition of PALEOPATHOLOGY

:  a branch of pathology concerned with diseases of former times as determined especially from fossil or other remains

Variants of PALEOPATHOLOGY

pa·leo·pa·thol·o·gy or chiefly British pal·aeo·pa·thol·o·gy \-jē\

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