0 present participle of prickle
1 If thin, sharp objects prickle you, they cause slight pain by touching against your skin:
Thalidomide can cause nerve damage, and after continuous use over a varying period, a prickling feeling of the extremities appears, followed by a sensation of numbness and cold.
I was reasonably fit but my skin suffered the most tremendous prickling sensation and burning.
Numbness, and more commonly paraesthesias (tingling, prickling, freezing), are usually diffuse on one side or, exceptionally, may be highly localised even to one tooth.
Sometimes the pain is a combination of shock-like sensations, migraine-like pain, and burning or prickling pain.
Once the prickling caught the attention of the sleeping lady, the couple would be conversing in whispers.
A subject given 1 mg reported a tight feeling in the chest and prickling as if he had been jabbed by needles.
It is also accompanied by a prickling sensation and pain throughout the region.
It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which also include the more common prickling, tingling sensation known as pins and needles.
