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pyrogen

pyrogen noun: any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature.

Noun

pyrogen (plural pyrogens)

  1. Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature
  2. Any substance characterized by great flammability, typically used to coat electric matches.

pyrogen meaning in Tamil and Thai

pyrogen in Tamil

காய்ச்சலூக்கி, காய்ச்சலூட்டி, சுரப்பிறப்பி

pyrogen in Thai

substance that produces fever
สารก่อไข้ sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-kâi

Synonyms of pyrogen

Forms of pyrogen

pluralpyrogens

Origin of pyrogen

From pyro- + -gen.

Words formed from pyrogen

Questions about pyrogen

What does pyrogen mean?
Pyrogen means any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature.
What is pyrogen in Tamil?
Pyrogen in Tamil is காய்ச்சலூக்கி, காய்ச்சலூட்டி, சுரப்பிறப்பி. See Pyrogen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pyrogen?
Pyrogen is a noun.
What is the plural of pyrogen?
The plural of pyrogen is pyrogens.

Words near pyrogen in the dictionary

  1. pyrogallin
  2. pyrogallol
  3. pyrogallolic
  4. pyrogallols
  5. pyrogasification
  6. pyrogen
  7. pyrogenesis
  8. pyrogenetic
  9. pyrogenetically
  10. pyrogenic
  11. pyrogenically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pyrogen (page history and authors); pyrogen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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