palaeopathologistpaleopathologistn.
/ˌpalɪəʊpəˈθɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊpəˈθɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊpəˈθɑlədʒəst/ Medicine and Archaeology.
An expert in or student of palaeopathology.
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fossilist1747
fossilogist1776
oryctologist1799
fossilologist1801
palaeontologist1838
palaeobiologist1900
palaeontographer1935
palaeopathologist1939
taphonomist1974
1939 Brit. Jrnl. Tuberculosis 33 148 Egypt has provided the anatomist and the anthropologist, no less than the archæologist and the palæopathologist, with unrivalled opportunities and an unprecedented wealth of material for the prosecution of their respective researches.
1989 New Scientist 23 Dec. 27/2 Palaeopathologists think that leprosy was remarkably common among Anglo-Saxons.
1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind i. 16 Despite carbon-14 and other sophisticated techniques used by palaeopathologists, we lack any semblance of a day-to-day health chart for early Homo sapiens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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