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7 words match “ERYSIPELAS”

ERYSIPELAS n.
St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.
ERYSIPELATOID a.
Resembling erysipelas.
ERYSIPELATOUS a.
Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.
FIRE n.
he rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. -- St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. Hoblyn. -- St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo. -- To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle. -- To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a…
ROSE n.
The erysipelas. Dunglison.
SAINT n.
hony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under Cross. -- Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. -- Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut (Bunium flexuosum); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. A…
WILDFIRE n.
An old name for erysipelas.