FLOCCILLATION


Meaning of FLOCCILLATION in English

/flok'seuh lay"sheuhn/ , n. Pathol.

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

[ 1835-45; flocc ( us ) FLOCCUS + -ill ( us ) dim. suffix + -ATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .