"zymosis" in the noun sense
1. zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
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. zymosis
medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
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