formication
Example Sentences
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The thighs begin to struggle, as if formication was going on in the muscles.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Marked digital formication existed, but the arthritic pains were not so severe as in ordinary cases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
But sooner or later peripheral neuritis develops, usually beginning with sensory disturbances, tingling, numbness, formication and occasionally cutaneous anaesthesia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Sensation of formication in the calves of the legs.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
The same author speaks of a gentleman under treatment for stricture who could not eat figs without experiencing the most unpleasant formication of the palate and fauces.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
