Formication

Quick meaning: Formication is a noun meaning (medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.

Meaning

(medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.

Example Sentences

Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for formication

Depending on context, synonyms include creevles, creepy-crawlies.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dermatophagia, dermatothlasia, phyma, dysesthesia, pruritoception, dermatophytid.

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