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- noun Plural form of
pyrogen .
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It then provides information about bacterial pyrogens, "endogenous" pyrogenic cytokines, body temperature regulation and survival value of fever and its ubiquity, in order to enable readers to follow the CNS involvement.
AvaxHome 2010
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Finally, where gelatin contained pyrogens (fever-causing substances), Oxypolygelatin did not - a property that was due to the addition of hydrogen peroxide, a substance capable of destroying pyrogens.
ArchivesBlogs 2009
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Surgical instruments or implants that are contaminated with residual bacteria, or pyrogens, can caus ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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