Definitions for pyrogens

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pyrogens py·ro·gen

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

IPA: /ˈpaɪ rə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn/

Pyrogens is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 328 anagrams from letters in pyrogens (egnoprsy).

Definitions for pyrogens

noun

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

Origin of pyrogens

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

Examples for pyrogens

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

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