pyrogenic adj 1: produced by or producing fever [syn: {pyrogenic}, {pyrogenous}, {pyrogenetic}] 2: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn: {igneous}, {pyrogenic}, {pyrogenous}]
Pyrogenic \Pyr`o*gen"ic\, a. [Pyro- + -gen + -ic.] (Physiol.) Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever. [1913 Webster]