English Dictionary

formication

名詞

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(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.

日本語の意味

虫が皮膚を這っているように感じる異常な皮膚感覚。高熱、更年期、皮膚がん、糖尿病性神経障害、帯状疱疹などの際にも現れることがある。

After quitting the medication, she suffered from relentless formication that left her unable to sleep.

薬をやめた後、彼女は眠れなくなるほど皮膚に絶え間なく虫が這うような感覚に苦しんだ。

意味（1）

(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.

Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.

formications （ plural ）