MEANING
A sensation resembling insects crawling over or beneath the skin, without requiring actual insects to be present.
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- a sensation of formication
- persistent formication
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Formication made her keep brushing at her sleeve.
He described the formication as tiny feet moving beneath the skin.
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: Uncountable sensation noun; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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