pyrogenic Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective produced by or producing fever
pyrogenetic; pyrogenous.
adjective produced under conditions involving intense heat; especially from molten magma"
igneous; pyrogenous.
- igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state
- igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone
- pyrogenic strata

Pyro- + -gen + -ic.

(Physiol.) Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.