saint anthony's fire

1. 1.

   any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions

   Broaderskin disease

   Narrowererysipelas

Questions about saint anthony's fire

What does saint anthony's fire mean?

saint anthony's fire means "any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions".

Is saint anthony's fire a common word?

saint anthony's fire is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.