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pyrogenic |
2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pyrogenic adj : 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" [syn: {igneous}]
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