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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
zymosis
n 1: the development and spread of an infectious disease
2: 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}]
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