scybala
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκύβαλα (skúbala), plural of σκύβαλον (skúbalon).
Noun
scybala pl (plural only)
- (medicine) hardened masses of feces
Usage notes
- Sometimes treated as singular, with a plural scybalas.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scybala in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)