CARPHOLOGIA
\kɑːfˈɒləd͡ʒə], \kɑːfˈɒlədʒə], \k_ɑː_f_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_ə]\
Definitions of CARPHOLOGIA
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Action of gathering flocculi. A delirious picking of the bed-clothes, as if to seek some substance, or to pull the flocculi from them. It denotes great cerebral irritability and debility, and is an unfavourable sign in fevers, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
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Picking at the bedclothes; fioccitation : usually a sign of great exhaustion.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.