scatology

English Thesaurus

1. (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	chemical analysis, qualitative analysis,
definition	:	the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements (noun.act)

domain category	:	medical specialty, medicine,
definition	:	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition)

2. a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism,
definition	:	an offensive or indecent word or phrase (noun.communication)

derivation	:	scatological,
definition	:	dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions (adj.all)

derivation	:	scatological,
definition	:	dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions (adj.all)