ERYSIP'ELAS, noun [Gr.] A disease called St.Anthony's fire; a diffused inflammation with fever of two or three days, generally with coma or delirium; an eruption of a fiery acrid humor, on some part of the body, but chiefly on the face. One species of erysipelas is called shingles, or eruption with small vesicles.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.