Zymolysis

//zaɪˈmɒlɪsɪs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation uncountable
  2. 2
    a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol wordnet

Synonyms

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fermentfermentationfermentingzymosiszymosis

Etymology

From zymo- + -lysis.

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