formication

noun

Meaning

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.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

dermatophagia(English)cocaine bugs(English)morgellons(English)mitempfindung(English)dermatothlasia(English)phyma(English)dysesthesia(English)pruritoception(English)crawling(English)sensation(English)bugs(English)cocaine(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

formication — meaning and etymology | WikiWord