pins and needles en · NOUN
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(informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.
The sensations caused by the loss of this nerve vary from numbness or "pins and needles" to severe pain.
1990, S. DelPin Failla, V. Fox, Ask the O.R. (number 6), volume 90, The American Journal of Nursing, page 18:
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dead · paresthesia · asleep
Translations (36)
nup kpadzákpadzá (tingling felt in limb) · cs mravenčení (tingling felt in limb) · el μυρμήγκιασμα (tingling felt in limb) · de Ameisenlaufen (tingling felt in limb) · hu zsibbadtság (tingling felt in limb) · da snurrer og stikker (tingling felt in limb) · gv cadley jargan (tingling felt in limb) · ru пока́лывание (tingling felt in limb) · ga eanglach (tingling felt in limb) · ga codladh driúraic (tingling felt in limb) · nl tinteling (tingling felt in limb) · el μυρμηκίαση (tingling felt in limb) · ga diúracas (tingling felt in limb) · es hormigueo (tingling felt in limb) · fr fourmis (tingling felt in limb) · fi kihelmöinti (tingling felt in limb) · mi kerekerewai (tingling felt in limb) · ca formigueig (tingling felt in limb) · ga codladh grifín (tingling felt in limb) · gd cadal-deilgneach (tingling felt in limb) · ga codladh gliúragáin (tingling felt in limb) · fr avoir des fourmis dans les jambes (tingling felt in limb) · srn anansi (tingling felt in limb) · gl formigo (tingling felt in limb) · pl drętwienie (tingling felt in limb) · yo pajápajá (tingling felt in limb) · tr karıncalanma (tingling felt in limb) · cmn 發麻 /发麻 (tingling felt in limb) · hu bizsergés (tingling felt in limb) · mi kēkerewai (tingling felt in limb) · eo formikado (tingling felt in limb) · hu zsibbadás (tingling felt in limb) · pt formigamento (tingling felt in limb) · pl mrowienie (tingling felt in limb) · ka დაბუჟება (tingling felt in limb) · it formicolio (tingling felt in limb)