Zymogenic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zymogenic \Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)
     (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
     (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     {Zymogenic organism} (Biol.), a microorganism, such as the


        yeast plant of the {Bacterium lactis}, which sets up
        certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical
        products are formed; -- distinguished from a {pathogenic
        organism}. Cf. {Micrococcus}.
        [1913 Webster] Zymologic