a. [f. L. formīcāt- ppl. stem of formīcāre (see prec.) -IVE.] Of, or of the nature of, formication.
1823. Good, Study Med., III. 305. To remove the numbness and pricking or formicative pain from the limbs, friction and stimulant liniments are applied locally, and not unfrequently the legs are plunged into a pediluvium.
