zymoidhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zymoid_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezymoid, adj. & n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zymoidadjective & noun

  1. adjective
    1. 1891–
      Resembling a ferment.
      1. 1891
        Century Dictionary
  2. noun
    1. 1900–
      A substance having a relation to a ferment analogous to that of a toxoid to the corresponding toxin.
      1. 1900
        The hypothesis of Morgenroth in regard to the existence of a haptophore group and the [sic; ? a] zymophore group in the labile ferment has been recently verified by Myers and Bashford, who have discovered zymoids analogous to the toxoids.
        U.S. Department of Agric. Bur. Anim. Ind. Rep. 257 (Cent. Dict. Supplement)

zymoid, adj. & n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zymoid, adj. & n. was last modified in December 2024.