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Saint Anthony's fire

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Saint Anthony's fire
n.

[From the belief that Saint Anthony's intercession could cure it.]

Saint Anthony's fire
n usually abbreviated to St Anthony's fire
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol another name for ergotism, erysipelas
[so named because praying to St Anthony was believed to effect a cure]
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Noun1.Saint Anthony's fire - any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions
disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disorder - a disease affecting the skin
erysipelas - an acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes


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