Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a zymogen.
- adjective Capable of causing fermentation.
- adjective Enzyme-producing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a zymogen.
- Exciting fermentation: as, zymogenic organisms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
- adjective Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
- adjective (Biol.) a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the
Bacterium lactis , which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from apathogenic organism . Cf.Micrococcus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology pertaining to, or formed by, a
zymogene - adjective biology capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment
Etymologies
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zymo- + -genic
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Examples
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_ live best in such putrefying materials -- or become _zymogenic_, _i. e._ their metabolic products may induce blood-poisoning or other toxic effects
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