palaeopathology

What does palaeopathology mean?

palaeopathology means "the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)".

How many syllables are in palaeopathology?

palaeopathology has 8 syllables: pa-la-e-o-pa-tho-lo-gy. The stress falls on "tho".

What is another word for palaeopathology?

Close synonyms include paleopathology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palaeopathology a common word?

palaeopathology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for palaeopathology come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.