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Definition of Pyrogen
1. Noun. Any substance characterized by its great flammability.
2. Noun. Any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature.
Definition of Pyrogen
1. n. Electricity.
Definition of Pyrogen
1. Noun. (medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyrogen
1. a substance that produces fever [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrogen
Literary usage of Pyrogen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1851)
"pyrogen acts in a similar manner, and by its abstraction or introduction chemical
action ... But the presence of pyrogen, which returns to it on breaking ..."
2. The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of by George Long, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1846)
"pyrogen acts in a similar manner, and by its abstraction or introduction chemical
action ... But the presence of pyrogen, which returns to it on breaking ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1881)
"... and also from its origin from pus, and its fever-producing power, as pyrogen.
Dr. Drysdale suggests that if employed as a therapeutic agent it might be ..."
4. The Materia Medica of the Nosodes with Provings of the X-ray by Henry C. Allen (1910)
"In the last she complained of the same itching, when Dr. Lippe advised Psorinum.
In two days erysipelas appeared. Her face was very much swollen. pyrogen. ..."
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