Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun palaeopathology
1 sense of palaeopathology
Sense 1
paleopathology, palaeopathology -- (the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence))
=> archeology, archaeology -- (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)
=> pathology -- (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)