zymosis
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Noun (2)
- a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcoholSynonyms: zymolysisfermentationfermentingfermentType of chemical process, chemical changeKinds vinification, top fermentation, bottom fermentation
- (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)Type of infectionKinds fungal infection, mycosis
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Zy·mo′sis noun
Origin: NL., fr. Gr. ζυμωτικός fermentation, fr. ζύμη ferment.
Medicine (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. rare The medical usage is now (2004) archaic. — PJC.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54