pins and needles

English

Noun

pins and needles

(informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a lack of circulation is relieved and in other situations.
- 1990, S. DelPin Failla; V. Fox, Ask the O.R. (number 6), volume 90, The American Journal of Nursing, page 18:
  The sensations caused by the loss of this nerve vary from numbness or "pins and needles" to severe pain.

Synonyms

paresthesia / paraesthesia

Translations

tingling felt in limb

Chinese:
Mandarin: 發麻 (zh), 发麻 (zh) (fāmá)
Czech: mravenčení n
Finnish: kihelmöinti (fi)
French: fourmis (fr)
Galician: formigo (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Ameisenlaufen n

Hungarian: zsibbadás, zsibbadtság, bizsergés
Irish: codladh driúraic m, codladh gliúragáin m, codladh grifín m, diúracas m, eanglach m
Manx: cadley jargan m
Maori: kerekerewai, kēkerewai
Portuguese: formigamento m
Russian: пока́лывание (ru) n (pokályvanije)
Spanish: hormigueo (es) m

See also

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