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That tends to heat or inflame the blood; exciting the brain or senses; stimulating.
Of a drug or edible: Producing a sensation of heat in the body.
Of or relating to fever; producing pyrexia, raising the body temperature; febrile. Also figurative.
Medicine. Producing fever (= pyrogenic, adj. 2); (also) thermogenic. Now rare.