Finding
formication
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.
Hence applied to a sensation as if ants were crawling over one's skin.
Definitions related to formication:
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Subjective cutaneous sensations of insects in the absence of stimulation.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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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 PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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