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Pins and needles

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations. informal

    "The sensations caused by the loss of this nerve vary from numbness or "pins and needles" to severe pain."

  2. 2
    a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation wordnet

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