noun
paleopathology
Academic field studying ancient diseases through skeletal remains, mummies, and historical records.
古病理学は、古代の人骨から病気の痕跡を調べる学問です。
Paleopathology is the study of disease traces in ancient human bones.
病理学 is general pathology; 古病理学 specifically applies pathological methods to ancient remains.
Compound of 古 (ancient) + 病理学 (pathology). A modern academic coinage, likely modeled on English 'paleopathology'.