ZYMOSIS


Meaning of ZYMOSIS in English

/zuy moh"sis/ , n. , pl. zymoses /-seez/ .

1. fermentation.

2. an infectious or contagious disease.

[ 1835-45; zymosis zýmosis, equiv. to zymo-, var. s. of zymoûn to leaven, ferment (deriv. of zýme leaven) + -sis -SIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .