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py·ro·gen·ic

(pī′rō-jĕn′ĭk) also py·rog·e·nous (pī-rŏj′ə-nəs)

adj.

1. Producing or produced by fever.

2. Caused by or generating heat.

3. Of or relating to solid rock formed from molten rock; igneous.

py′ro·ge·nic′i·ty (-rō-jə-nĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

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pyrogenic

(ˌpaɪrəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) or

pyrogenous

adj

1. (Chemistry) produced by or producing heat

2. (Pathology) pathol causing or resulting from fever

3. (Geological Science) geology less common words for igneous

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py•ro•gen•ic

(ˌpaɪ rəˈdʒɛn ɪk)

adj.

producing or produced by heat or fever.

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Adj.	1.	pyrogenic - produced by or producing fever pyrogenetic, pyrogenous
	2.	pyrogenic - 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" igneous, pyrogenous

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