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Pyre Pyretic Pyrexia Pyriphlegethon Pyro Pyrogenic
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ PYRE             id+ | TO BE BURNED |
                   note start see> FLAME
                        cont> see> FIRE
                   id+ | A WAY TO PURIFY  SACRIFICE |
                   id+ | note PYROTECHNIC or FIREWORKS |
                   id+ | med> PYROMANIA or OBSESSION WITH FIRE |
~ PYRETIC          id+ | HEAT GENERATING |
~ PYREXIA          id+ | or HYPERPYREXIA for elevated
                         TEMPERATURE  or FEVER |
                   id+ | BURNING SENSATION |
~ PYRIPHLEGETHON   myth> A STREAM OF FIRE   in gr PYRE = FIRE
                         ONE OF MANY RIVERS IN HADES
~ PYRO~            prefix for FIRE or FLAME
~ PYROGENIC        id+ | INDUCTION or GENESIS of
                         FIRE  FLAME  HEAT  FEVER |
  note for SENSE in PYRO see> FIRE
  myth> FLAMEN was the name of
        ROMAN PRIESTS WHO CARED FOR SACRED FIRES
  note start see> FLAME   sug> INFLAMATORY
       cont> see> FIRE    sug> INFLAMED
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