prickling

Other forms: pricklings

Definitions of prickling
  1. noun
    a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
    synonyms: tingle, tingling
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    types:
    pins and needles
    a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation
    type of:
    somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia
    the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
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