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pyrogenic

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py·ro·gen·ic  (pr-jnk) also py·rog·e·nous (p-rj-ns)
adj.
1. Producing or produced by fever.
2. Caused by or generating heat.
3. Of or relating to solid rock formed from molten rock; igneous.

pyro·ge·nici·ty (-r-j-ns-t) n.

pyrogenic [ˌpaɪrəʊˈdʒɛnɪk], pyrogenous [paɪˈrɒdʒɪnəs]
adj
1. (Chemistry) produced by or producing heat
2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol causing or resulting from fever
3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology less common words for igneous
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Adj.1.pyrogenic - produced by or producing fever
2.pyrogenic - 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"


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