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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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Also called coprology.
OTHER WORDS FROM scatology
scat·o·log·i·cal [skat-l-oj-i-kuhl], /ˌskæt lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, scat·o·log·ic, adjectiveWords nearby scatology
scatback, scathe, scathing, scato-, scatological, scatology, scatoma, scatoscopy, scat singing, scatter, scatter-armed
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British Dictionary definitions for scatology
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 forms of scatology
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