zymolysis

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Fermentation.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Digestion by means of the non-organized ferments.
• noun Same as zymosis, 1.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Physiol. Chem.) The action of enzymes, such as digestion or fermentation; also, the changes produced by such action.

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• noun chemistry The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation

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• noun a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol