paleopathology

English Thesaurus

1. the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence) (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	pathology,
definition	:	the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	archaeology, archeology,
definition	:	the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures (noun.cognition)