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sca·tol·o·gy

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–noun

1.	the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.

2.	obscenity, esp. words or humor referring to excrement.

3.	the study of fossil excrement.

Also called coprology.

[Origin: 1875–80; scato- + -logy

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scat·o·log·i·cal

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sca·tol·o·gy Audio Help (skā-tŏl'ə-jē, skə-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sca·tol·o·gies

The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
1. An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
2. The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.

scat'o·log'i·cal (skāt'l-ŏj'ĭ-kəl), scat'o·log'ic (-ĭk) adj., sca·tol'o·gist n.

scatological
adjective
dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature"