py·ro·gen·ic (p  r -j n  k) also py·rog·e·nous (p-r j -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. py ro·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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