pyrogenic

[ pahy-ruh-jen-ik ]

adjective
  1. producing or produced by heat or fever.

  2. Also py·ro·ge·net·ic [pahy-roh-juh-net-ik]. /ˌpaɪ roʊ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk/. Geology. produced by heat, as the anhydrous minerals of an igneous rock.

Origin of pyrogenic

1
First recorded in 1850–55; pyro- + -genic

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British Dictionary definitions for pyrogenic

pyrogenic

pyrogenous (paɪˈrɒdʒɪnəs)

/ (ˌpaɪrəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) /


adjective
  1. produced by or producing heat

  2. pathol causing or resulting from fever

  1. geology less common words for igneous

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