Zymosis Definition & Meaning

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

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