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‖ scybalum Path.|ˈsɪbələm|
Usually pl. scybala.
[med.L. scybalum, a. Gr. σκύβαλον.]
One of a collection of round masses of constipated fæces formed in the bowels in certain diseases.
1684tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict., Scybala, are Sheeps, or Goats, &c. Buttons, or Excrement. 1808Med. Jrnl. XIX. 308 One scanty stool without scybala. 1889Matthews Dis. Women xiv. (ed. 4) 98 A Scybalum is a rounded or oval mass of fæces. |