(medicine) 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.

plural of formication

Of or relating to formication.

Of or pertaining to ants. / (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to or derived from formic acid (or from methane).

ant-like

To move like ants. / To have a sensation like the movement of ants.

present participle of formicate

simple past tense and past participle of formicate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formicate

Crawling like an ant. / Having a crawling sensation like that of an ant sting / (medicine, obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.