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paleopathologist

paleopathologist noun: one who works in paleopathology.

Noun

paleopathologist (plural paleopathologists)

  1. One who works in paleopathology.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of paleopathologist

pluralpaleopathologists
alternative formpalaeopathologist

Origin of paleopathologist

From paleo- + pathologist, after paleopathology.

Questions about paleopathologist

What does paleopathologist mean?
Paleopathologist means one who works in paleopathology.
What part of speech is paleopathologist?
Paleopathologist is a noun.
What is the plural of paleopathologist?
The plural of paleopathologist is paleopathologists.

Words near paleopathologist in the dictionary

  1. paleoparasitology
  2. paleopathologic
  3. paleopathological
  4. paleopathologically
  5. paleopathologies
  6. paleopathologist
  7. paleopathologists
  8. paleopathology
  9. paleopedological
  10. paleopedologist
  11. paleopedologists

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