| 单词 | floccillation |
| 释义 | floccillation in British English (ˌflɒksɪˈleɪʃən) noun another name for carphology carphology in British English (kɑːˈfɒlədʒɪ) noun medicine the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium Also called: floccillation floccillation in American English (ˌflɑksəˈleiʃən) noun Pathology a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers Also called: carphology Word origin [1835–45; ‹ L flocc(us) floccus + -ill(us) dim. suffix + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, ecumenical, hybridize, squeegee-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: concentration, neutralization, pagination, polymerization, sensitization |
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