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 zymosis zymosis /zaɪˈmoʊsɪs/

noun

  1. (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)  ( zymosis )
    (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
  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  ( ferment , fermenting , zymolysis , fermentation , zymosis )
    a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
      Yeast carries out fermentation to convert sugar into alcohol.
    Yeast carries out fermentation to convert sugar into alcohol.