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formication Audio
for·mi·ca·tion [ fawr-mi-key-shuhn ]
Etymology:
Latin formicare = to crawl like ants (from formica = ant)
Hence applied to a sensation as if ants were crawling over one's skin.
Definitions related to formication:
  • Subjective cutaneous sensations of insects in the absence of stimulation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Tactile hallucination involving the sensation that tiny insects are crawling over the skin. Seen in cocaine addiction and delirium tremens.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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