(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:23:56

Pyr"o*gen (?), n. [See Pyrogenous.]

1.

Electricity.

[R.]

2. Physiol. Chem.

A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.

 

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