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noun
The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A filthy epithet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Interest in or obsession with faeces or other excrement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
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noun
Literature, humor, or pornography featuring excrement or excreting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
(medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chemical analysis, qualitative analysis
noun
a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word
History
From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”) + -ology.
Across languages
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