formication

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

numbness

tingle

crawling sensation

crispation

myrmeciasis

Etimología (Inglés)

Circa 1700, from Latin formīca (“ant”) + -tion.