Pyro-, Pyr-. [Gr. , , fire.]
Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically Chem., used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.
© Webster 1913.
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