Floccillation
[flok-suh-ley-shuh n] /ˌflɒk səˈleɪ ʃən/
noun, Pathology.
1.
a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers.
floccillation floc·cil·la·tion (flŏk’sə-lā’shən)
n.
An aimless plucking at the bedclothes occurring especially in the delirium of a fever.
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