PYROGEN


Meaning of PYROGEN in English

/puy"reuh jeuhn, -jen'/ , n.

a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.

[ 1855-60; PYRO- + -GEN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .