zymology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
    zymurgy.

WordNet

Zy*mol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Zyme + -logy: cf. F. zymologie.
Definitions
  1. A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation. Written also zumology.

Webster 1913