pyrogenic meaning

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pyrogenic (adjective): produced by or producing fever.

pyrogenic has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

pyrogenic as an adjective

  1. produced by or producing fever

    Synonyms: pyrogenous, pyrogenetic

    Related forms: pyrogen

  2. 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

    Synonyms: igneous, pyrogenous

    Related forms: heat

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with PY · words ending in IC · 9-letter words

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