"pyrogen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pyrogens [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: pyrectic Translations (substance that produces fever): pirogen [masculine] (Catalan), 致熱質 (Chinese Mandarin), 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)

Inflected forms

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