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for.mi.ca.tion n.

[L. formicatio, fr. formicare to creep like an ant,
to feel as if ants were crawling on one's self,
fr. formica ant: cf. F.formication.] (Med.)

A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin.


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