PYROGENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrogenic mean? 

• PYROGENIC (adjective)
  The adjective PYROGENIC has 2 senses:

1. produced by or producing fever

2. produced under conditions involving intense heat

  Familiarity information: PYROGENIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYROGENIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produced by or producing fever

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

pyrogenetic; pyrogenic; pyrogenous

Pertainym:

pyrogen (any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Produced under conditions involving intense heat

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

igneous; pyrogenic; pyrogenous

Context example:

pyrogenic strata

Pertainym:

heat (the presence of heat)

 Context examples 

A sterile, non-pyrogenic, isotonic solution of radioactive indium In 111 diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (DTPA).

(Indium In 111 Pentetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterile non-pyrogenic suspension of microspheres of human serum albumin with the stable, high-molecular-weight fluorocarbon gas perflutren, used as a contrast enhancement agent for ultrasound procedures.

(Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres, NCI Thesaurus)

Mixed bacteria vaccine (MBV or Coley's toxins) consists of a pyrogenic bacterial lysate derived from Serratia marcescens and Streptococcus pyogenes; the active components in the lysate may be lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a component of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall of Serratia, and streptokinase, an enzyme produced by Streptococcus pyogenes.

(Mixed Bacteria Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)