paleohistopathological

adjective

Relating to paleohistopathology.

Scrabble 35

Meanings

adjectivepaleohistopathological (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to paleohistopathology.

    Microscopy, contributing to the growth of paleohistopathological study of tissues, has advanced appreciably in spite of the considerable challenges posed by the effects of tissue damage over time and the need to limit destruction of valuable mummified and skeletal remains […]

    2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 6
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    From the 1950s on Ascenzi (1969), Baud and Morgenthaler (1956), Hackett (1976), Ortner (1976a), Stout (1976) and Stout and Simmons (1979) have carried out important research in the field of paleohistopathology of dry bones mainly using ground sections. More recently, particularly in North America, paleohistopathological research using light microscopy has been carried out mainly in connection with histological morphometrics of compact bone and measurements of bone formation rates […]

    2003, Michael Schultz, “Light Microscopic Analysis in Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 6), in Donald J. Ortner, editor, Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains, second edition, Academic Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 73

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekπάλαι (pálai)
  3. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  4. Englishpaleo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  7. Englishhisto-
  8. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  9. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  13. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  14. Frenchpathologie
  15. Englishpathology
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishpathological
  19. Englishhistopathological
  20. Englishpaleohistopathological

From paleo- + histopathological.

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