Magnan sign
Mag·nan sign
(mah-nyahn'),paresthesia in the psychosis of cocaine addicts, who imagine they have a foreign body, in the shape of a powder or fine sand, under the skin, and that it is constantly changing its position.
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Magnan sign
An obsolete term for formication, specifically of cocaine addictsThe term is attributed to Valentin JJ Magnan (1835-1916), French psychiatrist.
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Mag·nan sign
(mah-nyan[h]' sīn)Paresthesia in the psychosis of cocaine addicts, who imagine they have a foreign body in the shape of a powder or fine sand under the skin, and that it is constantly changing its position.
Synonym(s): coke bugs.
Synonym(s): coke bugs.
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Magnan,
Valentin Jacques Joseph, French psychiatrist, 1835-1916.Magnan sign - paresthesia in the psychosis of cocaine addicts.
Magnan trombone movement - involuntary forward and back movement of the tongue when it is drawn out of the mouth in several basal ganglia disorders.
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