Definitions for saint anthony's fire

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Saint` An′thony's fire′(n.)

  1. any of certain skin conditions that are of an inflammatory or gangrenous nature, as erysipelas.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of Saint Anthony's fire:

1570–80

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Saint Anthony's fire(noun)

    any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions


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