• (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.
(flok″sĭ-la´shәn) carphology; involuntary picking at the bedclothes, seen in grave fevers and in conditions of great exhaustion.
Floc`cil·la'tion noun [ Latin floccus a flock of wool. Confer Flock of wool.] (Medicine) 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. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: flok′si-lā′shŭn Definitions: 1. An aimless plucking at the bedclothes, as if one were picking off threads or tufts of cotton.
tilmus; floccillation A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; an alarming symptom in acute diseases.floccillation, floccitation Semiconscious picking at bedclothes in association with fever, stupor, and delirium. Also known as carphologia.
a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers. Also called