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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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—Related forms

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.

"obscene literature," 1876, from Gk. skat-, stem of skor (gen. skatos) "excrement" (from PIE base *sker- "to defecate") + -logy "treatise, study."

scatology
noun
1.	a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
2.	(medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)