pyrogen

English

Noun

pyrogen (plural pyrogens)

1. (medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature

Synonyms

• pyrectic

Translations

substance that produces fever

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 致熱質／致热质, 致热质 (zhìrèzhì, zhìrèzhí)

• Russian: пироген (ru) m (pirogen)
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• Swedish: pyrogen (sv) c
• Thai: สารก่อไข้ (sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-kâi)
• Turkish: pirojen

Anagrams

• progeny

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German

Adjective

pyrogen (not comparable)

1. pyrogenic
2. pyretic

Further reading

• “pyrogen” in Duden online