pyrogenic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pyrogenic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pyrogenic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrogenic adj produced by or producing fever [syn: pyrogenic, pyrogenous, pyrogenetic] 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" Synonym(s): igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyrogenic \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.