zymohydrolysis, n.

zymohydrolysis
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zymohydrolysisnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zymohydrolysis mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zymohydrolysis. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the noun zymohydrolysis?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0002
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.00005
1980 | 0.00006
1990 | 0.00005
2000 | 0.00005
2010 | 0.00006

### How is the noun zymohydrolysis pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzʌɪmə(ʊ)hʌɪˈdrɒlᵻsɪs/
zigh-moh-high-DROL-uh-siss

#### U.S. English

/ˌzaɪmoʊhaɪˈdrɑləsəs/
zigh-moh-high-DRAH-luh-suhss

### Where does the noun zymohydrolysis come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The earliest known use of the noun zymohydrolysis is in the 1900s.

OED's only evidence for zymohydrolysis is from 1903, in the writing of C. Snyder.

### Nearby entries

1. zyminized, adj. 1888–
2. zymo-, comb. form
3. zymocyte, n. a1909–
4. zymodeme, n. 1978–
5. zymogen, n. 1877–
6. zymogenetic, adj. 1896–
7. zymogenic, adj. 1884–
8. zymogluconate, n. 1887–
9. zymogluconic, adj. 1886–
10. zymogram, n. 1957–
11. zymohydrolysis, n.1903–
12. zymoid, adj. & n. 1891–
13. zymological, adj. 1828–
14. zymologist, n. 1828–
15. zymology, n. 1753–
16. zymolysis, n. 1890–
17. zymolytic, adj. 1890–
18. zymome, n. 1820–31
19. zymometer, n. 1842–
20. zymophore, adj. 1900–
21. zymophoric, adj. 1902–

## Meaning & use

1. 1903–
   Hydrolysis effected by the action of a ferment.
   Stressed as ˌzymohyˈdrolysis.
   1. 1903

      > Croft Hill's bold announcement, three or four years ago, of the discovery of ‘reversible zymohydrolysis’.

      C. Snyder, New Concept. Science 236
   chemistry
   1. zymohydrolysis 1903–
      Hydrolysis effected by the action of a ferment.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzʌɪmə(ʊ)hʌɪˈdrɒlᵻsɪs/
zigh-moh-high-DROL-uh-siss

### U.S. English

/ˌzaɪmoʊhaɪˈdrɑləsəs/
zigh-moh-high-DRAH-luh-suhss

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zymohydrolysis typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zymohydrolysis is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zymohydrolysis, n., 1900–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0002
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.00005
1980 | 0.00006
1990 | 0.00005
2000 | 0.00005
2010 | 0.00006

Originally published as part of the entry for zymo-, comb. form

zymo-, comb. form was first published in 1921; not fully revised.