paleopathologist

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English

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Etymology

From paleo- +‎ pathologist, after paleopathology.

Noun

paleopathologist (plural paleopathologists)

  1. One who works in paleopathology.
    • 2008 January 15, John Noble Wilford, “Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis”, in New York Times:
      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.
    • 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 43:
      In other cases, paleopathologists have not found the actual tumors, but rather signs left by the tumors in the body.