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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.
