pyrogen

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

leukocytic pyrogenicity pyretogenesis pyrotoxin apyrogenicity pyroglobulin inflammogen remittent fever fever clinic cold

Often followed by

test and in is testing free from by on

Word family

pyrogens