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🌋 Formed by heat 🤒 Causing fever
pyrogenous

pyrogenous

9.9
Causing fever in people or animals
  • adjective
  • /ˌpaɪrəˈdʒɛnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : piógeno
  • The bacteria were found to release a pyrogenous substance that triggered fever in patients.

Examples

  • Some vaccines contain trace amounts of pyrogenous materials that must be removed.

  • Researchers identified a pyrogenous reaction as the cause of the patient's high temperature.

  • This is pyrogenous!

  • Is it pyrogenous?

  • The bacteria were found to release a pyrogenous substance that triggered fever in patients.

  • Some vaccines contain trace amounts of pyrogenous materials that must be removed.

  • Researchers identified a pyrogenous reaction as the cause of the patient's high temperature.

Synonyms

pyretic
vspyrogenous
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Relating to or causing fever

is similar but focuses on substances rather than symptoms
pyrogenic
vspyrogenous
  • Specialized
9.9

Causes a fever or high body temperature

is the general term for substances that cause fever
pyrogenetic
vspyrogenous
  • Specialized
9.9

Something that causes a fever, often from infection or inflammation

is broader not limited to infection or inflammation causes
pyrectic
vspyrogenous
  • Specialized
9.9

Having a fever or causing a fever

is about substances that cause fever rather than indicating illness

Surface Forms

pyrogenous positive

Morphology

pyrogenous = pyro + gen + ous

Although the form contains recognizable classical elements, the fever-related medical sense is specialized and not readily recoverable from the parts for most learners.

Etymology

Pyrogenous comes from the parts pyro- meaning 'fire' and -genous meaning 'producing', a bit like the word 'generate'. So a pyrogenous substance is one that 'produces heat', which explains its use for things that cause fever.