Learn English – What would you call that feeling of something crawling on the body

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Morgellons is a controversial and poorly understood condition in
which unusual thread-like fibers appear under the skin.

The patient may feel like something is crawling, biting, or stinging
all over.

  • Is there a non-medical term for such a feeling of something crawling
    on the body/under the skin.
  • An adjective or a noun ?

Best Answer

From Wikipedia...

Formication is the medical term for a sensation that exactly resembles that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin.

Less "medically-minded" speakers are likely to say [it feels like] my skin is crawling [with ants], which is effectively the same thing (formic acid in ant stings derives from Latin formica "ant").

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