pyrogenic

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pyrogenic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

pyrogenic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pyrogenic
      adj 1: produced by or producing fever [syn: pyrogenic,
             pyrogenous, pyrogenetic]
      2: 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, pyrogenic,
         pyrogenous]