pyrogen

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ -gen.

Noun

pyrogen (plural pyrogens)

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

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Adjective

pyrogen (strong nominative masculine singular pyrogener, not comparable)

  1. pyrogenic
  2. pyretic

Declension

Positive forms of pyrogen (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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

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