Scatology
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| - | In [[medicine]] and [[biology]], '''scatology''' or '''coprology''' is the study of [[feces]]. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] (and thus [[habitat (ecology)|where it has been]]), [[health]]iness, and [[disease]]s such as [[tapeworms]]. The word derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] σκωρ ([[genitive]] σκατος, [[Modern Greek|modern]] σκατά) meaning "feces". | + | In [[medicine]] and [[biology]], '''scatology''' or '''coprology''' is the study of [[feces]]. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its [[diet (nutrition)|diet]], [[health]]iness, and [[disease]]s. The word derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] σκωρ σκατος, [[Modern Greek|modern]] σκατά) meaning "feces". |
| In [[psychology]], a scatology is an obsession with [[excretion]] or [[excrement]], or the study of such obsessions. (See also [[coprophilia]]). | In [[psychology]], a scatology is an obsession with [[excretion]] or [[excrement]], or the study of such obsessions. (See also [[coprophilia]]). | ||
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In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its diet, healthiness, and diseases. The word derives from the Greek σκωρ σκατος, modern σκατά) meaning "feces".
In psychology, a scatology is an obsession with excretion or excrement, or the study of such obsessions. (See also coprophilia).
In sexual context scatology refers to sexual acts conducted with human (or other) excrement.
In literature, "scatological" is a common incorrect term to denote the literary trope of the grotesque body. It is used to describe works that make particular reference to excretion or excrement, as well as to toilet humor.[1] [May 2007]
