pyrogen

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ -gen.

Noun

pyrogen (plural pyrogens)

1. (medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature
2. (astronautics) Any substance characterized by great flammability, typically used to coat electric matches.

Synonyms

• pyrectic

Derived terms

• depyrogenation

Translations

substance that produces fever

Catalan: pirogen m Chinese: Mandarin: 致熱質 / 致热质 (zhìrèzhì, zhìrèzhí) Russian: пироген (ru) m (pirogen) Spanish: pirógeno m Swedish: pyrogen (sv) c Thai: สารก่อไข้ (sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-kâi) Turkish: pirojen

Anagrams

• progeny

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

pyrogen (strong nominative masculine singular pyrogener, not comparable)

1. pyrogenic
2. pyretic

Declension

Positive forms of pyrogen (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist pyrogen	sie ist pyrogen	es ist pyrogen	sie sind pyrogen
strong declension (without article)	nominative	pyrogener	pyrogene	pyrogenes	pyrogene
	genitive	pyrogenen	pyrogener	pyrogenen	pyrogener
	dative	pyrogenem	pyrogener	pyrogenem	pyrogenen
	accusative	pyrogenen	pyrogene	pyrogenes	pyrogene
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der pyrogene	die pyrogene	das pyrogene	die pyrogenen
	genitive	des pyrogenen	der pyrogenen	des pyrogenen	der pyrogenen
	dative	dem pyrogenen	der pyrogenen	dem pyrogenen	den pyrogenen
	accusative	den pyrogenen	die pyrogene	das pyrogene	die pyrogenen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein pyrogener	eine pyrogene	ein pyrogenes	(keine) pyrogenen
	genitive	eines pyrogenen	einer pyrogenen	eines pyrogenen	(keiner) pyrogenen
	dative	einem pyrogenen	einer pyrogenen	einem pyrogenen	(keinen) pyrogenen
	accusative	einen pyrogenen	eine pyrogene	ein pyrogenes	(keine) pyrogenen

Further reading

• “pyrogen” in Duden online