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zymosis

[ zahy-moh-sis ]

noun

plural zymoses
  1. an infectious or contagious disease.


zymosis

/ ³ú²¹ÉªËˆ³¾É™ÊŠ²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. med
    1. any infectious disease
    2. the development process or spread of such a disease
  2. another name for zymolysis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of zymosis1

1835–45; < New Latin ³ú²âÌ„³¾Å²õ¾±²õ < Greek ³ú²â̳̄¾Å²õ¾±²õ, equivalent to ³ú²âÌ„³¾Å-, variant stem of ³ú²âÌ„³¾´Çû²Ô to leaven, ferment (derivative of ³ú²â̳̄¾Å§ leaven) + -sis -sis
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Example Sentences

That great chemist did not imagine that a true zymosis or fermentation occurs under the action of a virus upon the human economy.

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For instance, you might get zymosis, or attempt to write like Zola, at almost any time, yet those two dangers are down at the bottom of the list.

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According to Emerson there is a mental zymosis or contagion prevailing in society at such epochs.

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Gout, in its most malignant stage, it would appear, had seized me without my being aware of it; and zymosis I had evidently been suffering with from boyhood. 

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