different between faeces vs scatolia

English

Noun

faeces pl (normally plural, singular faex)

1. Britain standard spelling of feces.
   • 1968 May, W. B. Healy, Ingestion of Soil by Dairy Cows, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, page 487,

     This paper reports on ingestion of soil by dairy cows using titanium analysis of faeces by the X-ray fluorescence technique, and gives the range of soil intakes of a year on both an individual and a herd basis.

   • 1984 April 19, David F. Chantrey, James B. Reid, C. E. Davie, Dog Business, New Scientist, page 48,

     The fact that dogs have a well developed sense of smell suggests that they might be able to use the odour of faeces as a means of communicating.

   • 2004, Håkan Jönsson, Håkan Jönsson, Anna Richert Stintzing, Björn Vinnerås, Eva Salomon, Guidelines on the Use of Urine and Faeces in Crop Production, page 1,

     Urine and faeces are complete fertilizers of high quality with low levels of contaminants such as heavy metals. Urine is rich in nitrogen, while faeces are rich in phosphorous, potassium and organic matter.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fae?.ke?s/, [?fäe?ke?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fe.t??es/, [?f??t???s]

Noun

faec?s

1. nominative plural of faex
2. accusative plural of faex
3. vocative plural of faex

References

• faeces in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (skôr, “excrement”) + -olia.

Noun

scatolia (plural scatolias)

1. (psychology) The act of smearing faeces.
   • 1999, Tom Mason, Mark Chandley, Managing Violence and Aggression: A Manual for Nurses and Health Care Workers, page 214

     The 'dirty protest' - the spreading of faeces is called 'scatolia' and this may be undertaken by some as a form of protest.

     The main issues surrounding scatolia are the health and safety aspects [...].

   • 2000, Alan Jacques, Graham A. Jackson, Understanding Dementia, page 170

     Scatolia is not uncommon among dementia sufferers, and is very distressing to their carers.

   • 2004, AH Begg, C McDonald, "Scatolia in elderly people with dementia", International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 53-54, Published Online: 13 Oct 2004

     Fourteen cases of scatolia (smearing of faeces) were studied and all were found to be constipated when they smeared.

Related terms

• scatology

See also

• coprophagy

Anagrams

• sail coat