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SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Saint Anthony's fire" is a kind of...):
disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Saint Anthony's fire"):
erysipelas (an acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes)