Zymosis

2 definitions found

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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  zymosis
       n 1: 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: {zymolysis},
             {fermentation}, {fermenting}, {ferment}]
       2: (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious
          disease (especially one caused by a fungus)