- zymoses
- zy·mo·sis || zaɪ'məʊsɪs n. fermentation; disease caused by fermentation
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zymosis — /zuy moh sis/, n., pl. zymoses / seez/. 1. fermentation. 2. an infectious or contagious disease. [1835 45; < NL zymosis < Gk zýmosis, equiv. to zymo , var. s. of zymoûn to leaven, ferment (deriv. of zýme leaven) + sis SIS] * * * … Universalium
zymosis — /zaɪˈmoʊsəs/ (say zuy mohsuhs) noun (plural zymoses /zaɪˈmoʊsiz/ (say zuy mohseez)) 1. an infectious or contagious disease. 2. Obsolete a process analogous to fermentation, by which certain infectious and contagious diseases were supposedly… …
zymosis — [zī mō′sis] n. pl. zymoses [zī mō′sēz΄] [ModL < Gr zymōsis, fermentation < zymē, a leaven, ferment: see ZYME] 1. fermentation 2. the development and spread of a zymotic disease 3. any infectious disease … English World dictionary
