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scatology Definition


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scatology
noun
    1. The scientific study of excrement, especially in medicine for the purpose of diagnosis.
    2. The palaeontological study of fossilized excrement for the purpose of identifying and classifying fossils.
    3. A morbid interest in or preoccupation with the obscene, especially with excrement, or with literature referring to it.
    4. Such literature containing these references.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek skor, skatos dung + -logy.



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