Endotoxin vs. Pyrogen

Endotoxinnoun

Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.

Endotoxinnoun

a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die

Pyrogennoun

(medicine) Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature

Pyrogennoun

Electricity.

Pyrogennoun

A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.

Pyrogennoun

any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature