copro-








  1. a combining form meaning “dung,” used in the formation of compound words: coprophagous.

combining form

  1. indicating dung or obscenitycoprology

word-forming element indicating “dung, filth, excrement,” before vowels copr-, from Modern Latin copro-, from Greek kopros “dung,” from PIE root *kekw-. Hence, coprology “study of obscene literature.”

pref.

  1. Excrement; dung:coprostasis.
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