zyminized, adj.

zyminized
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zyminizedadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zyminized mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zyminized. 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.

### Where does the adjective zyminized come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adjective zyminized is in the 1880s.

OED's only evidence for zyminized is from 1888, in the writing of Morell Mackenzie, physician and laryngologist.

### Nearby entries

1. zygotomere, n. 1899–
2. -zygous, comb. form
3. zygozoospore, n. 1881–
4. Zyklon, n. 1939–
5. zymad, n. 1885–
6. zymase, n. 1875–
7. zymate, n. 1817–19
8. zyme, n. 1882–
9. zymic, adj. 1817–26
10. zymin, n. 1842–
11. zyminized, adj.1888–
12. zymo-, comb. form
13. zymocyte, n. a1909–
14. zymodeme, n. 1978–
15. zymogen, n. 1877–
16. zymogenetic, adj. 1896–
17. zymogenic, adj. 1884–
18. zymogluconate, n. 1887–
19. zymogluconic, adj. 1886–
20. zymogram, n. 1957–
21. zymohydrolysis, n. 1903–

## Meaning & use

1. 1888–
   Predigested by means of zymin.
   Stressed as ˈzyminized.
   1. 1888

      > Zyminised nutriments.

      M. Mackenzie, Illness of Frederick the Noble vii. 99
   food and cooking
   1. peptonized 1876–
      That has undergone peptonization. Also: (figurative) simplified.
   2. predigested 1880–
      Of food: having undergone digestion prior to ingestion. Of organic matter: treated with enzymes prior to another treatment or process.
   3. zyminized 1888–
      Predigested by means of zymin.
   4. pancreatizing 1897–
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Originally published as part of the entry for zymin, n.

zymin, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.