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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
scatology
 
SYLLABICATION:sca·tol·o·gy
PRONUNCIATION:  sk-tl-j, sk-
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. sca·tol·o·gies
1. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology. 2a. An obsession with excrement or excretory functions. b. The psychiatric study of such an obsession. 3. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.
OTHER FORMS:scato·logi·cal (sktl-j-kl) , scato·logic (-k) —ADJECTIVE
sca·tolo·gist —NOUN
 
 
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