scatology
pronunciation
How to pronounce scatology in British English:
UK [skə'tɒlədʒɪ]
How to pronounce scatology in American English:
US [skə'tɒlədʒɪ]
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- Noun:
- a preoccupation with scatology
- (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
Word Origin
- scatology (n.)
- "obscene literature," 1876, with -logy "treatise, study" + Greek skat-, stem of skor (genitive skatos) "excrement," from PIE *sker- "excrement, dung" (cognates: Latin stercus "dung"), literally "to cut off;" see shear (v.), and compare shit (v.). Related: Scatological (1886).
Example
- 1. Application and development of scatology in researches on ungulate abundance .