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Pyrogen

Pyr′o-gen

,
Noun.
[See
Pyrogenous
.]
1.
Electricity.
[R.]
2.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.

Definition 2024


pyrogen

pyrogen

English

Noun

pyrogen (plural pyrogens)

  1. (medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature

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pyrogen (not comparable)

  1. pyrogenic
  2. pyretic

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