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pyrogenous

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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.
pyrogenous
Geology. produced by the action of heat, hot solutions, etc. — pyrogenic, adj.
See also: Fire
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Adj.1.pyrogenous - produced by or producing fever
pyrogenetic, pyrogenic
2.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"
igneous, pyrogenic
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