Zyme

Zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.—n. Zy′mase, enzym, any of the unorganised ferments.—adj. Zy′mic, relating to fermentation.—ns. Zy′mite, a priest using leavened bread in the Eucharist; Zy′mogen, a substance capable of developing by internal change into a ferment.—adjs. Zymogen′ic; Zy′moid, like a ferment; Zymolog′ic, -al, pertaining to zymology.—ns. Zymol′ogist, one skilled in zymology; Zymol′ogy, the science of fermentation; Zymol′ysis, Zymō′sis, fermentation of any kind; Zymom′eter, Zymosim′eter, an instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation; Zy′mophyte, a bacterioid ferment capable of liberating fatty acids from neutral fats.—adjs. Zymotech′nic, -al, producing and utilising fermentation.—n. Zymotech′nics, the art of managing fermentation.—adj. Zymot′ic, pertaining to fermentation.—adv. Zymot′ically.—Zymotic disease, a term for diseases caused by the multiplication of a living germ introduced from without into the body. [Gr. zymē, leaven, zymōsis, fermentation.]