1.
[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.]
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1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.
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2. (Med.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of
diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.
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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.
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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