Zym Health Dictionary

The mechanism of fermentation initiated by an ENZYME during DIGESTION.... zymolysis

Subtypes of a microbial species that are separated on the basis of their isoenzyme patterns (eg. zymodemes of Entamoeba histolytica). ... zymodeme

n. see proenzyme.... zymogen

n. the science of the study of yeasts and fermentation.... zymology

n. 1. the process of *fermentation, brought about by yeast organisms. 2. the changes in the body that occur in certain infectious diseases, once thought to be the result of a process similar to fermentation. —zymotic adj.... zymosis

an old name for a contagious disease, which was formerly thought to develop within the body following infection in a process similar to the fermentation and growth of yeast.... zymotic disease