Zymometer, Zymosimeter noun [ Greek ... ferment, or ... fermentation + - meter : confer French zymosimètre .] An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Zymophyte noun [ Zyme + Greek fyto`n a plant.] (Physiol. Chem.) A bacteroid ferment.

Zymoscope noun [ Zyme + - scope .] (Physiol. Chem.) An apparatus for determining the fermenting power of yeast by measuring the amount of carbonic acid evolved from a given quantity of sugar.

Zymose noun (Chemistry) Invertin.

Zymosis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... fermentation, from ... ferment.] (Medicine) (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. [ R.]

Zymotic adjective [ Greek ... causing to ferment, from ... to ferment, ... ferment, leaven.]

1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

2. (Medicine) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease , below.

Zymotic disease (Medicine) , any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment.

Zythem noun See Zythum .

Zythepsary noun [ Greek ... a kind of beer + ... to boil.] A brewery. [ R.]

Zythum noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a kind of beer; -- so called by the Egyptians.] A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat. [ Written also zythem .]