pyrogen

Questions about pyrogen

What does pyrogen mean?

pyrogen means "any substance characterized by its great flammability". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pyrogen?

pyrogen has 3 syllables: py-ro-gen. The stress falls on "py".

What is another word for pyrogen?

Close synonyms include pyrectic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pyrogen a common word?

pyrogen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.