floccillation

[ flok-suh-ley-shuhn ]

/ ˌflɒk səˈleɪ ʃən /

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noun Pathology.

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

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Also called carphology.

Origin of floccillation

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

Words nearby floccillation

float switch, float valve, floaty, flob, floc, floccillation, floccinaucinihilipilification, floccose, flocculant, flocculate, flocculation