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Webster 1913 Edition
Floccillation
Flocˊcil-la′tion
,Noun.
[L.
floccus
a flock of wool. Cf. Flock
of wool.] (Med.)
A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; – an alarming symptom in acute diseases.
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Definition 2024
floccillation
floccillation
English
Noun
floccillation (uncountable)
- (rare) Picking at the bedclothes, usually seen in delirious, feverish or dying people.[1]
Synonyms
- carphologia
- carphology
- crocydismus
References
- ↑ "floccillation." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 09 Apr. 2007.