zymotic
Meanings
adj
- Of or causing fermentation.
- Infectious, contagious, of diseases originally regarded as being caused by a process similar to fermentation.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζυμωτικός (zumōtikós, “causing fermentation”), from ζυμοῦν (zumoûn).
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