floccillation

American

[flok-suh-ley-shuhn] / ˌflɒk səˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

Pathology.

a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers.

Etymology

Origin of floccillation

1835–45; < Latin flocc ( us ) floccus + -ill ( us ) diminutive suffix + -ation

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Associated words: floccillation, carphology, tilmus. bedim, v. obscure, becloud, adumbrate, overcast. bedlam, n. madhouse, insane asylum; babel, pandemonium. bedroom, n. chamber. bedsore, n. decubitus. bedspread, n. counterpane, coverlet. bed-wetting, n. enuresis. beehive, n. beehouse, apiary, alveary. bees, n. pl.

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