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zymosis

[ zahy-moh-sis ]

noun

plural zymoses
  1. an infectious or contagious disease.


zymosis

/ ɪˈəʊɪ /

noun

  1. med
    1. any infectious disease
    2. the development process or spread of such a disease
  2. another name for zymolysis
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of zymosis1

1835–45; < New Latin ̄ō < Greek ̄́ō, equivalent to ̄ō-, variant stem of ̄û to leaven, ferment (derivative of ̄́ŧ leaven) + -sis -sis
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That great chemist did not imagine that a true zymosis or fermentation occurs under the action of a virus upon the human economy.

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For instance, you might get zymosis, or attempt to write like Zola, at almost any time, yet those two dangers are down at the bottom of the list.

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According to Emerson there is a mental zymosis or contagion prevailing in society at such epochs.

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Gout, in its most malignant stage, it would appear, had seized me without my being aware of it; and zymosis I had evidently been suffering with from boyhood. 

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