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Webster 1913 Edition


Floccillation

Flocˊcil-la′tion

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Noun.
[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.