pyrogenesisn.
/ˌpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌpaɪroʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ 1. † a. The generation of fire or heat. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1053/1 Pyrogenesis, term for the generating or producing of fire; false warmth.
1890 Cent. Dict. Pyrogenesis, production of fire or heat.
b. Medicine. The production or causation of fever. Later also: = thermogenesis n. (rare).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > heat treatment > [noun] > induced fever or treatment by
fever1694
pyrogenesis1876
fever therapy1914
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > generation or production of heat
incending1539
recalescence1873
pyrogenesis1876
thermogenesis1891
1876 E. Seguin Med. Thermometry & Human Temperature 320 Then according to the period of the pyrogenesis the same degree, or the same series of degrees, will require different, even opposite treatments.
1916 A. J. Smith tr. O. von Fürth Probl. Physiol. & Pathol. Chem. of Metabolism Index 643/1 Corpuscular substances, pyrogenesis from introduction into blood of.
1969 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 64 1165 Aspirin antipyresis must take place in the face of systemic pyrogenesis.
1980 Jrnl. Physiol. 305 337 It is concluded that pyrogenesis may involve a step which is dependent on synthesis of hypothalamic protein with a rapid turnover.
2002 Exercise Immunol. Rev. 8 6 Strenuous exercise not only induces pyrogenesis but also..suppresses cellular immunity.
2. Chemical synthesis brought about by the action of fire or heat.
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1916 Jrnl. Inst. Petroleum Technologists 3 72 The majority of the reactions which proceed during pyrogenesis are either unknown or else complicated by side and consecutive changes.
1922 Jrnl. Industr. & Engin. Chem. 14 845/1 The by-product chemist is chiefly concerned with the theories of pyrogenesis and coal structure.
1943 Chem. Rev. 32 60 Jowett studied the products of alkaline pyrogenesis of isopilocarpine.
1986 Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Sci. 22 271 Hydrocarbons from three probable origins (petroleum, pyrogenesis, and recent biosynthesis) were detected in all locations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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