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pyrogenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
py-ro-genic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever.

adj

Of a mineral: formed from magma at high temperature.

Etymology

From pyro- + -genic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pyrogenic (comparative) most pyrogenic (superlative)

Derived Forms

apyrogenic apyrogenically apyrogenicity nonpyrogenic nonpyrogenicity pyrogenically pyrogenicity

Frequently Paired Words

apyrogen apyrogenetic apyrogenous nonpyrogen nonpyrogenous pyrogen pyrogenesis pyrogenetic

Synonyms

pyrogenous pyrogenetic pyretogenetic pyretogenic pyretogenous igneous

Rhymes With

schizophrenic pathogenic hygienic photogenic hellenic anthropogenic carcinogenic cryogenic hallucinogenic ketogenic hypoallergenic antigenic

Questions

What does pyrogenic mean?
Generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever.
Where does pyrogenic come from?
From pyro- + -genic.

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