carphology

[ kahr-fol-uh-jee ]

nounPathology.

Origin of carphology

1
1850–55; <New Latin carphologia;Late Latin: fumbling, plucking at straws, blankets <Greek karphología, equivalent to kárpho(s) twig, straw, piece of wood + -logia collection; see -logy

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