Definition of scatology Scatology

/skætɔˈlʌʤi/ - [skatolujee] - sca•tol•o•gy

We found 6 definitions of scatology from 4 different sources.

What does scatology mean?

Noun Plural: scatologies
scatology - (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
		chemical analysis, qualitative analysis the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements
scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
		dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut a word that is considered to be unmentionable; "`failure' is a dirty word to him"

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scatology
skā-tol′ō-ji, n. the knowledge of fossil excrement or coprolites: knowledge of the usages of primitive peoples about excrements, human and other.—adj. Scatolog′ical.—ns. Scat′omancy, Scatos′copy, divination of disease by inspection of excrement; Scatoph′aga, the dung-flies.—n.pl. Scatophag′idæ, a family of acanthopterygian fishes.—adj. Scatoph′agous, feeding on excrement. [Gr. skōr, skatos, dung, logia—legein, to speak; manteia, divination; skopein, to view; phagein, to eat.]