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zyme

[ zahym ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. the specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of zyme1

First recorded in 1880–85, zyme is from the Greek word ̄́ŧ leaven
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Zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.—n.

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This same transitional poet ticked off the z's as follows: Zero without zither zest Never zephyr-zigzags either, Nor even has the zone a zyme; But is the sceptics Zululand.

Amazon. fence, n. pale, palings, palisade, stockade, hurdle, raddle, defense, protection, enclosure. fence, v. defend, fortify, protect; equivocate, evade, parry, shift, prevaricate. fencing, n. swordsmanship, gladiature, swordplay, gladiatorism. fend, v. ward off, avoid, parry. fender, n. protection, defense, screen, guard; dashboard, splashboard. ferment, n. harm, leaven, yeast; enzyme, histozyme, zyme, zymophite. fern, n. brake, bracken, maiden hair, Venus hair, poly-pody. ferns, n. pl.

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Zyme, name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases.

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