formication
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Circa 1700, from Latin formīca (“ant”) + -tion.
Noun[edit]
formication (countable and uncountable, plural formications)
- (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.
- Synonyms: (archaic) creevles, (informal) creepy-crawlies
- 1853, The Scottish Review:
- Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
formication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
formication f (plural formications)
Further reading[edit]
- “formication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.