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Formication

The illusion or hallucination that ants or other insects are creeping on or under the skin.

Formication is a feature of some psychotic states as well as drug and alcohol abuse.

From the Latin formicatio, from formicare meaning to creep like an ant.

Not to be confused with fornication

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