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pyrogenic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pyrogenic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pyrogenic [ a.]
- Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.

Meaning of 'pyrogenic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pyrogenic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- produced under conditions involving intense heat
Example in sentence:
  • igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone;
  • igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma;
  • pyrogenic strata