| Zyme |
n. |
A ferment. |
| Zyme |
n. |
The morbific principle of a zymotic disease. |
| Zymic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by
confusion, used to designate lactic acid. |
| Zymogen |
n. |
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. |
| Zymogene |
n. |
One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which
produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from
pathogene. |
