'Pyrogenic' definitions:
Definition of 'pyrogenic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Produced by or producing fever [syn: pyrogenic, pyrogenous, pyrogenetic]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Pyrogenic'
From: GCIDE
- 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]