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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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.