pyrogenicity

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noun

The condition or extent of being pyrogenic.

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Meanings

nounpyrogenicity (usually uncountable, plural pyrogenicities)

plural pyrogenicities

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryThe condition or extent of being pyrogenic.

    Pyrogenicity testing was developed from the rabbit test (monitoring of the temperature of three healthy rabbits for 3 h after injection of the test sample) to a more sophisticated and rapid method called the limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) method.

    2010, Magdy Khalil, Basic Sciences of Nuclear Medicine, page 63

Origin

From pyrogenic + -ity.

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Translations

Polish pirogenność, pirogeniczność
  • pirogennośćcondition or extent of being pyrogenic
  • pirogenicznośćcondition or extent of being pyrogenic
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APA

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Chicago

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