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copro

Copro- is a combining form derived from the Greek kopros, meaning dung or feces. In scientific vocabulary it is used as a prefix or combining form to denote fecal origin or association.

In biology, medicine, and related fields, copro- appears in terms such as coprology (the study of feces

Additional uses include coprophagia (the ingestion of feces), coprophilous organisms (those that grow on feces), and

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and
their
components),
coproantigen
(a
fecal
antigen
used
in
diagnostics),
coprodiagnosis
(diagnosis
based
on
stool
analysis),
and
coproscopy
(microscopic
examination
of
feces).
It
also
occurs
in
references
to
fecal-oral
transmission
of
pathogens
and
related
diagnostic
methods.
The
word
coprolite
denotes
fossilized
feces,
which
are
studied
in
paleontology
and
archaeology
to
infer
ancient
diets
and
environments.
The
form
may
appear
with
or
without
a
hyphen
depending
on
the
specific
term.
coprolalia
(the
involuntary
utterance
of
obscene
words,
a
symptom
sometimes
associated
with
Tourette
syndrome).
Copro-
terms
are
common
in
discussions
of
fecal
matter’s
role
in
health,
disease
transmission,
and
ecological
processes,
as
well
as
in
the
study
of
ancient
human
and
animal
diets
through
fecal
remnants.