crocidismus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

crŏcĭdismus, i, m., = κροκιδισμός; of the sick,

a picking off of flocks (of wool, etc.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 34; 1, 6, 48; cf. carphologia.