Formication (Noun)
Meaning
Hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient reported experiencing intense formication, which made her scratch her skin until it bled, a common symptom of prolonged amphetamine use.
- After a week of heavy cocaine use, he began to feel a creeping formication on his arms and legs that drove him to the brink of madness.
- The doctor explained that the formication was a side effect of the medication and would subside once the patient stopped taking it.
- As the withdrawal symptoms set in, she felt an unbearable formication that made her skin crawl with imaginary insects.
- The addict's formication was so intense that he would often wake up in the middle of the night, convinced that snakes were slithering under his skin.