Zymoscope Zy"mo·scope 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 Zy·mose" noun (Chemistry) Invertin.
Zymosis Zy·mo"sis 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 Zy·mot"ic 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 Zy"them noun See Zythum .
Zythepsary Zy·thep"sa·ry noun [ Greek ... a kind of beer + ... to boil.]
A brewery. [ R.]
Zythum Zy"thum 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 .]
Zärthe Zär"the noun (Zoology) A European bream ( Abramis vimba ). [ Written also
zaerthe .]
Zöllner's lines Zöll"ner's lines` [ So called after Friedrich Zöllner , a German physicist.] Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
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