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Meaning of PYROGENIC

Pronunciation:  `pIru'jenik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  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"
  2. [adj]  produced by or producing fever
 
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 Synonyms: igneous, pyrogeneous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pyr`o*gen"ic\, a. [Pyro- + -gen + -ic.] (Physiol.)
Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons,
which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Fever-inducing.
 
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