Floccillation

[flɔksә'leiʃәn]

Definition

(n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases.

Typed by Elbert

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Med.) Carphology, tilmus.

Checked by Beth