Preferred Label : paleopathology;
MeSH definition : The study of disease in prehistoric times as revealed in bones, mummies, and archaeologic
artifacts.;
MeSH annotation : IM; SPEC: SPEC qualif; as NIM coord, no qualif; check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE & ANCIENT
HISTORY or MEDIEVAL HISTORY; for prehist, ANCIENT HISTORY tag is all right; paleopathol
is for pre-Columbian, nothing later; consider also MUMMIES /pathol & do not coord
with PALEOPATHOLOGY; DF: PALEOPATHOL; IM; SPEC; as NIM coord, no qualif; check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE & ANCIENT HISTORY
or MEDIEVAL HISTORY; for prehist, ANCIENT HISTORY tag is all right; paleopathol is
for pre-Columbian, nothing later; consider also MUMMIES /pathol & do not coord with
PALEOPATHOLOGY; DF: PALEOPATHOL; specialty; used also as NIM coordinate; check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE, and ANCIENT
HISTORY or MEDIEVAL HISTORY; for prehistory, ANCIENT HISTORY tag is all right; paleopathology
is for pre-Columbian, nothing later; consider also MUMMIES /pathol and do not coordinate
with PALEOPATHOLOGY;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleopathology;
Origin ID : D010164;
UMLS CUI : C0030225;
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The study of disease in prehistoric times as revealed in bones, mummies, and archaeologic
artifacts.