palaeopathology vs pathology

palaeopathology and pathology both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palaeopathology	Yes	No	No	No
pathology	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pathology is a hypernym of palaeopathology; that is, pathology is a word with a broader meaning than palaeopathology:

palaeopathology: the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
pathology: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

Other hypernyms of palaeopathology include archaeology, archeology.

palaeopathology (noun)	pathology (noun)
the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)	the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
	any deviation from a healthy or normal condition