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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or causing fermentation;
[syn: zymotic, zymolytic]

2. relating to or caused by infection;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Zymotic \Zy*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? causing to ferment, fr. ? to ferment, ? ferment, leaven.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below. [1913 Webster] Zymotic disease (Med.), any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

zymotic adj 1: of or relating to or causing fermentation [syn: zymotic, zymolytic] 2: relating to or caused by infection