Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin;
a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Formication \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. --Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
formication
n 1: hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling
over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of
cocaine or amphetamines