paleopathology vs pathology

paleopathology and pathology both are nouns.

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

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

paleopathology: 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 paleopathology include archaeology, archeology.

paleopathology (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