An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactilehallucination 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.
Origin
Circa 1700, from Latin formīca + -tion.
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