"pyrogen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pyrogens [plural]
Etymology: From pyro- + -gen. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pyro|gen}} pyro- + -gen Head templates: {{en-noun}} pyrogen (plural pyrogens)
  1. (medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature Translations (substance that produces fever): pirogen [masculine] (Catalan), 致熱質 /致热质 (zhìrèzhì, zhìrèzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), пироген (pirogen) [masculine] (Russian), pirógeno [masculine] (Spanish), pyrogen [common-gender] (Swedish), สารก่อไข้ (sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-kâi) (Thai), pirojen (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pyrogen-en-noun-I~98u-w- Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pyro-, English terms suffixed with -gen, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pyro-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gen: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 30 0 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 29 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 72 28 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'substance that produces fever': 59 41
  2. (astronautics) Any substance characterized by great flammability, typically used to coat electric matches.
    Sense id: en-pyrogen-en-noun-yETFfb0K Categories (other): Astronautics, English terms prefixed with pyro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pyro-: 54 46 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pyrectic

Inflected forms

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