sca'tologist
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scatology (skæˈtɒlədʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the scientific study of excrement, esp in medicine for diagnostic purposes, and in palaeontology of fossilized excrement |
| 2. | obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement |
| sca'tologist | |
| —n | |
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