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zymogenic |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zymogenic \Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.) a Pertaining to or formed by a zymogene. b Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. {Zymogenic organism} (Biol.), a micro["o]rganism, 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}.
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