A name for erysipelas and various inflammatory eruptive diseases, esp. those in which the eruption spreads from one part to another.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > erysipelas (11) wildfirec1000 A name for erysipelas and various inflammatory eruptive diseases, esp. those in which the eruption spreads from one part to another. St. Francis' fireOE Localized heat, burning pain, or fever produced by disease; the disease or pathological process producing such symptoms and signs, spec.… burning1382 Heat attendant upon disease or a serpent's bite; the disease itself; esp. erysipelas or St. Anthony's fire, and venereal disease. Obsolete. erysipelas1398 A local febrile disease accompanied by diffused inflammation of the skin, producing a deep red colour; often called St. Anthony's fire, or ‘the rose’. holy fire1398 Erysipelas, St. Anthony's fire: see fire, n. 14. rose1599 The disease erysipelas; frequently with the. Also: an instance or case of this. Now chiefly historical. fieriness of the face1600 Excessive heat in a part of the body, esp. that resulting from inflammation. Obsolete. fiery1600 Having qualities resembling or suggestive of fire. Esp. of a part of the body or a lesion of the skin: exhibiting or characterized by abnormal… Anthony's fire1609 any of various diseases or conditions of the skin or underlying soft tissues characterized by heat and redness; = St Anthony's fire at St Anthony, n.… sacred fire1693 erysipelas. sideration1828 Medicine. spec. Erysipelas of the face or scalp. Cf. blast, n.1 6d. Obsolete. rare. |
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