(n) 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, ferment, fermentation, fermenting
{ } n. [ Gr. zy`mh ferment, or zy`mwsis fermentation + -meter: cf. F. zymosimètre. ] An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. zymwtiko`s fermentation, fr. zy`mh ferment. ] (Med.) (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. [ R. ] The medical usage is now (2004) archaic. -- PJC. [ 1913 Webster ]
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