Scatology

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  • noun. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
  • noun. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Study of the feces in relation to normal and pathological composition and the diagnostic importance of the latter.
  • noun. The study of the use (or examination) of excrements in religious rites, witchcraft, etc.
  • noun. The science of fossil excrement; the knowledge of animals which may be acquired by the examination of coprolites.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The scientific study, or the chemical analysis of faeces.
  • noun. A filthy epithet.
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  • noun. a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
  • noun. (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
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