Hypertext Webster Gateway: "zymolysis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zymolysis \Zy*mol"y*sis\, n. [NL. See {Zyme}, and {Lysis}.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The action of enzymes; also, the changes produced by such
action. -- {Zy`mo*lyt"ic}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
zymolysis
n : a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to
break down into simpler substances; especially, the
anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: {zymosis},
{fermentation}, {fermenting}, {ferment}]
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