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Definition of: scatology
(skə·tol′ə·jē) noun
1. The study of excrement, considered as a branch of paleontology, medicine, and psychiatry.
2. Preoccupation with filth or obscenity, as in literature. Also scat·o·lo·gi·a (skat′ə·lō′jē·ə). [<SCATO- + -LOGY]
—sca·tol′o·gist noun
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