Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a delirious picking of the bedclothes by a patient; carphologia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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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Examples
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All of the ruddiness drained from his features, and he commenced to pull and pick at his shirtfront, as if involved in floccillation.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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All of the ruddiness drained from his features, and he commenced to pull and pick at his shirtfront, as if involved in floccillation.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
sionnach commented on the word floccillation
a sick person's delirious picking at the bedclothes.
April 30, 2008
dontcry commented on the word floccillation
would an inflocculation keep one from getting that?
April 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word floccillation
This is actually a pretty sad (and sometimes frightening) thing to see. :-(
April 30, 2008