Definitions for pyrogen

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pyrogen py·ro·gen

Spelling: [pahy-ruh-juh n, -jen]

IPA: /ˈpaɪ rə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn/

Pyrogen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in pyrogen (egnopry).

Definitions for pyrogen

noun

1. a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.

Origin of pyrogen

First recorded in 1855-60; pyro- + -gen

Examples for pyrogen

pyrogenet′ic, Pyrog′enous, producing fire: produced by fire; pyrogen′ic, producing fever.