carphologyn.
/kɑːˈfɒlədʒi/, U.S. /kɑrˈfɑlədʒi/ Medicine.
The movements of delirious patients, as if searching for or grasping at imaginary objects, or picking the bedclothes; floccilation.
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carphology1854
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 165/1.
1880 Med. Temp. Jrnl. Jan. When carphology has given place to a mere trembling of the fingers.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 703 Subsultus, carphologia, and fumbling with the bed-clothes are frequent symptoms.
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