paleopathologist

noun

One who works in paleopathology.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounpaleopathologist (plural paleopathologists)

plural paleopathologists · alternative palaeopathologist

  1. One who works in paleopathology.First known use 20th c.

    In other cases, paleopathologists have not found the actual tumors, but rather signs left by the tumors in the body.

    2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 43
    1 more example

    Della Collins Cook, a paleopathologist at Indiana University who did not participate in the study but specializes in treponemal diseases, praised the research as a “very, very interesting step” advancing understanding of syphilis.

    2008 January 15, John Noble Wilford, “Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis”, in New York Times

Origin

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