Lexic.us

Definition of Pyrogenous

1. Adjective. Produced by or producing fever.

2. Adjective. Produced under conditions involving intense heat. "Pyrogenic strata"

Definition of Pyrogenous

1. a. Produced by fire; igneous.

Definition of Pyrogenous

1. Adjective. produced by fire or heat ¹

2. Adjective. producing fire, heat, or fever ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrogenous

pyroelectricity pyroelectrics pyroelectrodynamic pyroelectrodynamics pyrogallate pyrogallates pyrogallic pyrogallic acid pyrogallol pyrogallols

pyrogen pyrogenetic pyrogenic pyrogenicities pyrogenicity pyrogenous (current term) pyrogens pyrogeography pyroglutamate pyroglutamates

pyroglutamic pyroglutamic acid pyroglutamic acids pyroglutamine pyrognostic pyrognostics pyrograph pyrographed pyrographer pyrographers

Literary usage of Pyrogenous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1847)
"On the Accessory Elements of pyrogenous Rocks, by MJ Durocher.—Independently of the silicated minerals which constitute the crystalline rocks called ..."

Other Resources: