Zyme

//zaɪm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ferment.
  2. 2
    The morbific principle of a zymotic disease. obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”).

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