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pyrogenic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pyrogenic has 2 senses
- pyrogenic(a = adj.pert) pyrogenetic, pyrogenous - produced by or producing fever; Array
- pyrogenic(a = adj.pert) igneous, pyrogenous - produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata"
CIDE DICTIONARY
pyrogenic, a. [Pyro- + -gen + -ic.].
Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pyrogenic, adj. (also pyrogenous)
1 a producing heat, esp. in the body. b producing fever.
2 produced by combustion or volcanic processes.
1 a producing heat, esp. in the body. b producing fever.
2 produced by combustion or volcanic processes.
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