parasitosis
noun
par·a·sit·o·sis
ˌper-ə-sə-ˈtō-səs 
-ˌsī-,
ˌpa-rə-
plural parasitoses
ˌper-ə-sə-ˈtō-ˌsēz
-ˌsī-,
ˌpa-rə-
: infestation with or disease caused by parasites
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Compassion avoids angering or insulting someone with delusional parasitosis.
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Korin Miller, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
Patients with dermatological parasitosis have delusions that insects are walking on or crawling through their skin.
—Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2019
Secondary delusional parasitosis might occur with substance abuse disorder.
—Korin Miller, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
This paper has been popular in the delusional parasitosis community.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2012
Delusional parasitosis is the opposite of Morgellons: doctors believe in it, but the people who have it, don't.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2011
Morgellons disease, or antipsychotic-responsive delusional parasitosis, in an hiv patient: beliefs in the age of the internet.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2011
The misguided belief that one’s body is being overrun by worms also has a name: delusional parasitosis.
—NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
Still others may work with people who suffer from delusions involving the skin — like delusional parasitosis, in which patients vehemently insist that their skin is infected with mites or fleas or other organisms, when in reality none are present.
—Melissa Dahl, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017
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Korin Miller, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
Patients with dermatological parasitosis have delusions that insects are walking on or crawling through their skin.
—Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2019
Secondary delusional parasitosis might occur with substance abuse disorder.
—Korin Miller, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
This paper has been popular in the delusional parasitosis community.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2012
Delusional parasitosis is the opposite of Morgellons: doctors believe in it, but the people who have it, don't.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2011
Morgellons disease, or antipsychotic-responsive delusional parasitosis, in an hiv patient: beliefs in the age of the internet.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2011
The misguided belief that one’s body is being overrun by worms also has a name: delusional parasitosis.
—NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
Still others may work with people who suffer from delusions involving the skin — like delusional parasitosis, in which patients vehemently insist that their skin is infected with mites or fleas or other organisms, when in reality none are present.
—Melissa Dahl, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017
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parasitosis
noun
par·a·sit·o·sis
-sə-ˈtō-səs
-ˌsīt-ˈō-
-ˌsīt-ˈō-
plural parasitoses
-ˌsēz
: infestation with or disease caused by parasites
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