also  car*pho*lo*gia  n, pl  -gies  also  -gias  :  an aimless semiconscious plucking at the bedclothes observed in conditions of exhaustion or stupor or in high fevers - called also floccillation  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  gra·phol·o·gy 
 
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