zymosis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From zym- + -osis.

There were no more diseases after zymosis, so I concluded there was nothing else the matter with me. — Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog), Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment

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