PYROGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrogen mean? 

• PYROGEN (noun)
  The noun PYROGEN has 2 senses:

1. any substance characterized by its great flammability

2. any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature

  Familiarity information: PYROGEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYROGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance characterized by its great flammability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pyrogen" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pyrectic; pyrogen

Hypernyms ("pyrogen" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Derivation:

pyrogenous (produced by or producing fever)

 Context examples 

Interleukin-1 (endogenous pyrogen), produced primarily by monocytes, is an important pro-inflammatory cytokine that mediates the acute phase host response.

(Interleukin-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Testing the device for the presence of unwanted agents (e.g. pyrogens) caused by materials that permeate through the device.

(Device Material or Material Leachate Pyrogenic Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

The undesirable presence of pyrogens or fever-producing organisms caused by materials that permeate through the device.

(Device Material or Material Leachate Pyrogenic Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)