单词 | palaeopathology |
释义 | palaeopathologypaleopathologyn. Medicine and Archaeology. A branch of science that deals with pathological conditions found in ancient human and animal remains (esp. skeletal remains); the pathological findings or characteristics of a disease as seen in such remains. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > study of disease > [noun] > types of loimography1706 morbid anatomy1793 toxicology1799 neuropathologya1834 physiopathology1853 histopathology1874 palaeopathology1893 pathobiology1900 pathophysiology1925 immunopathology1956 1893 R. W. Shufeldt in Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 679 Palæopathology..is a term here proposed under which may be described all diseased or pathological conditions found fossilized in the remains of extinct or fossil animals. 1913 M. A. Rutter in Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 18 149 In trying to express clearly the object of the studies..published during the last few years, I found no word exactly suitable. Hence, I coined the word ‘Palæopathology’. Palæontology is defined as ‘the science of extinct forms of life’; by palæopathology I do not mean the science of extinct diseases, but the science of the diseases which can be demonstrated in human and animal remains of ancient times. 1923 R. L. Moodie Antiq. of Dis. iv. 66 Virchow, Mayer, Esper, Schmerling, and the other founders of paleopathology did their initial observations on the diseased bones of cave bears of Europe. 1952 Bull. Hist. Med. 26 538 (heading) Evidence on the paleopathology of yaws. 1994 Church Times 19 Aug. 2/3 English Heritage..is running the bones project with the palaeopathology study group from Bristol University. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893 |
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