creeping+sensation

  • 11Paresthesia — An abnormal sensation of the skin, such as numbness, tingling, pricking, burning, or creeping on the skin that has no objective cause. Paresthesia is the usual American spelling and paraesthesia the preferred English spelling. Pronounced… …

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  • 12creep — I. intransitive verb (crept; creeping) Etymology: Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan; akin to Old Norse krjūpa to creep Date: before 12th century 1. a. to move along with the body prone and close to the ground b. to move slowly on… …

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  • 13creep — /krip / (say kreep) verb (i) (crept, creeping) 1. to move with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect. 2. to move slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily. 3. to enter undetected; to sneak up behind. 4. to move or behave timidly or… …

  • 14formication — A form of paresthesia or tactile hallucination; a sensation as if small insects are creeping under the skin. [L. formica, ant] * * * for·mi·ca·tion .fȯr mə kā shən n an abnormal sensation resembling that made by insects creeping in or on the… …

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  • 15creep — creep1 [ krip ] (past tense and past participle crept [ krept ] ) verb intransitive * 1. ) if someone creeps somewhere, they move there quietly and slowly: I crept downstairs when everyone was asleep. She crept quietly into bed. a ) if a vehicle… …

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  • 16Formication — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Formication ICD10 = ICD10|R|20|2|r|20 ICD9 = ICD9|782.0 Formication is a somewhat unusual, but medically well known, abnormal sensation. This sensation closely resembles the feeling of insects crawling on and/or… …

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  • 17Creep — (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[ o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple}, {Crouch}.] …

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  • 18Crept — Creep Creep (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[ o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple} …

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  • 19Crept — Creep Creep (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[ o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple} …

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  • 20Crope — Creep Creep (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[e^]pt) ({Crope} (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[ o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple} …

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