Hypertext Webster Gateway: "zymotic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zymotic \Zy*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? causing to ferment, fr. ? to
ferment, ? ferment, leaven.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.
2. (Med.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of
diseases. See {Zymotic disease}, below.
{Zymotic disease} (Med.), any epidemic, endemic, contagious,
or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific
principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
zymotic
adj 1: of or relating to or causing fermentation [syn: {zymolytic}]
2: relating to or caused by infection
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