Definitions for formication

formication for·mi·ca·tion

Spelling: [fawr-mi-key-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌfɔr mɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Formication is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 738 anagrams from letters in formication (acfiimnoort).

Definitions for formication

noun

  1. a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.

Origin of formication

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)

Examples for formication

formication and dilatation of the pupils are frequent symptoms.

formication, radiating pains, and neuralgia are present in the area of distribution of the nerves implicated.

Both diarrhœa and formication were also absent in a third case reported by Dr. Busscher in the same paper.

The thighs begin to struggle, as if formication was going on in the muscles.

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