English English Dictionary

Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.

A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.

Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.

Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

Alt. of Zymological

Of or pertaining to zymology.

One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.

A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.

Alt. of Zymosimeter

A bacteroid ferment.

Invertin.

An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

A zymotic disease.

Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.

See Zythum.