transcription, транскрипция: [ ska-ˈtä-lə-jē, skə- ]
noun
Etymology: Greek skat-, skōr excrement; akin to Old English scearn dung, Latin mu scerdae mouse droppings
Date: 1876
1. : interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature
2. : the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)
• scat·o·log·i·cal ˌska-t ə l-ˈä-ji-kəl adjective