Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature

    пирогенpirogen

    any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature

  2. Any substance characterized by great flammability, typically used to coat electric matches.

    any substance characterized by its great flammability

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
substance that produces fever:

Origin

From pyro- + -gen.

From pyro- + -gen.

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Forms

plural: pyrogens
Singularpyrogen
Pluralpyrogens

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature:pyrectic

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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