Pyrogen
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Substance that induces fever by acting on the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center.
Korean
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French
Pyrogène
Substance induisant la fièvre en agissant sur le centre thermorégulateur hypothalamique.
Word parts
pyr/oRoot(Greek) Fire, heat-genSuffix(Greek) Producing, that which generates