scatology
/skəˈtɑlədʒi/
noun
- The study or examination of bodily waste, especially in medicine or biology.
- In medical scatology, doctors analyze stool samples to diagnose digestive problems.
- The veterinarian used scatology to check the health of the zoo animals.
- Scatology helps scientists learn about the diet of ancient animals from fossilized droppings.
- An interest in or humor about bodily waste functions.
- The movie's scatology was too much for some viewers who preferred cleaner comedy.
- His scatology in the stand-up routine drew both laughs and groans from the audience.
- The book's scatology was meant to shock readers, not to educate them.