zymosis

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noun

A fermentation

“zymosis of a healthy organism”

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zymolysisfermentationfermentingferment
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Meanings

nounzymosis (usually uncountable, plural zymoses)

plural zymoses

  1. uncountableusuallyA fermentation
  2. obsoleteuncountableusuallymedicineA process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed, seen as similar to the process of fermentation, and caused by so-called microzymes, also known as zymes.

    zymosis of a healthy organism

  3. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA zymotic disease.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Similar
zymolysisfermentationfermentingferment
Broader
chemical processchemical changechemical action
Also see
fermentfermentationzymolysis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From zym- + -osis.

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Translations

Bulgarian ферментация
  • ферментация (fermentacija)fermentation
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APA

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MLA

“zymosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zymosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zymosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zymosis.

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