pyr-
combining form
variants
or pyro-
1
: fire : heat
pyrometer
pyrheliometer
2
a
: produced by or as if by the action of heat
pyroelectricity
b
: derived from a corresponding ortho acid by loss usually of one molecule of water from two molecules of acid
pyrophosphoric acid
3
: fever
pyrogenic
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