zymosis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
    zymolysis; ferment; fermenting; fermentation.
  2. noun (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)

WordNet

Zy*mo"sis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. fermentation, fr. ferment.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. R.

Webster 1913