Also known as paresthesia, it is the 
Paresthesia of a pinprick. ... Origin: G. Akantha, thorn, + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(ә-kan″thes-the´zhә) a sensation of a sharp point pricking the body.
Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-kan′thes-thē′zē-ă Definitions: 1. Paresthesia of a pinprick.
acanthesthesia 1. The sensation as if being stuck with sharp points; such as, with pins or needles. 2. A feeling that one is being pressed by a sharp point. 3. In neurology, a perverted sensory perception by which a soft touch is sensed as the sharp sticking of a sharp object.