'Zymosis' definitions:
Definition of 'zymosis'
(from WordNet)
noun
A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment]
noun
(medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
Definition of 'Zymosis'
From: GCIDE
- Zymosis \Zy*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fermentation, fr. ? ferment.] (Med.) (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. [R.] [1913 Webster]