pyrogen
English
Etymology
pyro- + -gen
Noun
pyrogen (plural pyrogens)
- (medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature
Synonyms
- pyrectic
Translations
substance that produces fever
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Anagrams
- progeny
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
pyrogen (strong nominative masculine singular pyrogener, not comparable)
- pyrogenic
- pyretic
Declension
Positive forms of pyrogen (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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