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Paleopathology

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Definition: The study of disease in prehistoric times as revealed in bones, mummies, and archaeologic artifacts.  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 co   

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