Floc`cil*la"tion (?), n. [L. floccus a flock of wool. Cf. Flock of wool.] 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.

Dunglison.

 

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