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n. The study of diseases of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence).
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n. the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
Word Usage
"We were also working on the Mirischia project, the Leedsichthys dig at Whittlesey (Leedsichthys was a giant Jurassic filter-feeding fish, equivalent in size to a small whale), the palaeopathology project, and other stuff."