zymotic

[ zahy-mot-ik ]

/ zaɪˈmɒt ɪk /

pertaining to or caused by or as if by fermentation.

of or relating to zymosis.

Origin of zymotic

1835–45; < Greek zȳmōtikós causing fermentation; see zymosis, -tic

zy·mot·i·cal·ly, adverb

zymogenic cell, zymology, zymolysis, zymometer, zymosis, zymotic, zymurgy, zyrian, zyryan, zyzzyva, zz

We can cite a host of zymotic diseases the occurrence of which once serves as a protection against future attacks.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
Zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
Through such contaminated water typhoid fever and other zymotic intestinal diseases are widely disseminated.

Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II: The Place |Various
Scurvy and the vicious forms of zymotic disease, which depend upon starvation and vitiated atmosphere, raged unchecked.

Martyria |Augustus C. Hamlin

Endocarditis frequently occurs as a complication of rheumatism, some of the specific or zymotic fevers, specific poisoning, etc.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse |United States Department of Agriculture

zymotic

/ (zaɪˈmɒtɪk) /

of, relating to, or causing fermentation

relating to or caused by infection; denoting or relating to an infectious disease

zymotically, adverb