Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- prefix Fire; heat.
- prefix Relating to the action of fire or heat.
- prefix Fever.
- prefix Formed upon heating, by loss of water or another small molecule.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, from Greek puro-, from pūr, fire; see paəwr̥ in Indo-European roots.]
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