formication

[ fawr-mi-key-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.

Origin of formication

1
1700–10; <Latin (Pliny) formīcātiōn-, stem of formīcātiō a sensation that ants are crawling on one's skin, equivalent to formicā(re) to have such a sensation (verbal derivative of formīca ant) + -tiōn--tion

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formication

/ (ˌfɔːmɪˈkeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. a sensation of insects crawling on the skin; symptom of a nerve disorder

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