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zymosis

zy·mo·sis

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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

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2.

(medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)

Origin

From zym- + -osis.

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