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PYROGEN

Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrogen mean?

• PYROGEN (noun)
The noun PYROGEN has 2 senses:

1. any substance characterized by its great flammability
2. any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature

Familiarity information: PYROGEN used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PYROGEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any substance characterized by its great flammability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pyrogen" is a kind of...):

matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pyrectic; pyrogen

Hypernyms ("pyrogen" is a kind of...):

matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)

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