SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Anthony's fire mean? 

• SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE (noun)
  The noun SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE has 1 sense:

1. any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions

  Familiarity information: SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE (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)