coprophilia

coprophilia
coprophiliac, n.coprophilic, adj.coprophilism /keuh prof"euh liz'euhm/, n.
/kop'reuh fil"ee euh/, n. Psychiatry.
an obsessive interest in feces.
[1930-35; COPRO- + -PHILIA]

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