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Scatology

LC control no.sh 85118040
LC classificationGT3055 Customs relative to private life
Topical headingScatology
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See alsoExcretion--Folklore
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Feces--Analysis
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Found inOxford English dictionary, viewed online Apr. 28, 2020 (Scatology: 1. That branch of science which deals with diagnosis by means of the fæces; 2. That branch of palæontology which treats of fossil excrement or coprolites (In recent dictionaries); 3. Filthy literature)
Merriam-Webster dictionary, viewed online Apr. 28, 2020 (Scatology: 1: interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature; 2: the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet))