scatology

• n. [基医] 粪便学；粪石学

scat-,屎，粪便，词源同 shit,-logy,学说。

scatology (n.)

"obscene literature," 1876, with -logy "treatise, study" + Greek skat-, stem of skor (genitive skatos) "excrement," from PIE *sker- "excrement, dung" (cognates: Latin stercus "dung"), literally "to cut off;" see shear (v.), and compare shit (v.). Related: Scatological (1886).