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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. produced by or producing fever;
[syn: pyrogenic, pyrogenous, pyrogenetic]

2. produced under conditions involving intense heat;
- Example: "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state especially from molten magma";
- Example: "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"
- Example: "pyrogenic strata"
[syn: igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous]



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]