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scatology

[ skuh-tol-uh-jee ]
/ skəˈtɒl ə dʒi /
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noun

the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
obscenity, especially words or humor referring to excrement.
the study of fossil excrement.

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RELATED WORDS

bawdy, lewd, coarse, obscene, dirty, filthy, excremental

Nearby words

  1. scathe,
  2. scathing,
  3. scathingly,
  4. scato-,
  5. scatological,
  6. scatoma,
  7. scatophagy,
  8. scatoscopy,
  9. scatt,
  10. scatter

Origin of scatology

First recorded in 1875–80; scato- + -logy
Also called coprology.
Related formsscat·o·log·i·cal [skat-l-oj-i-kuh l] /ˌskæt lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, scat·o·log·ic, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for scatological

scatological

less commonly scatologic (ˌskætəˈlɒdʒɪk)

/ (ˌskætəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) /

adjective

characterized by obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement
of or relating to the scientific study of excrement

scatology

/ (skæˈtɒlədʒɪ) /

noun

the scientific study of excrement, esp in medicine for diagnostic purposes, and in palaeontology of fossilized excrement
obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement
Derived Formsscatologist, noun
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Word Origin and History for scatological

scatology

n.

"obscene literature," 1876, with -logy "treatise, study" + Greek skat-, stem of skor (genitive skatos) "excrement," from PIE *sker- "excrement, dung" (cf. Latin stercus "dung"), literally "to cut off;" see shear (v.), and cf. shit (v.). Related: Scatological (1886).

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Medicine definitions for scatological

scatology

[ skă-tŏl′ə-jē ]

n.

The study and analysis of feces for physiological and diagnostic purposes.coprology
An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
Related formsscat′o•log′i•cal (skăt′l-ŏj′ĭ-kəl) null adj.
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