zymohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zymo_combform%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezymo-, comb. form
First published 1921; not fully revised

zymo-combining form

  1. before a vowel zym-, combining form representing Greek ζύμη leaven, used in the general sense ‘ferment’, in various scientific terms. (Some of these were formerly written zumo-, the Greek υ being represented, contrary to analogy, by u: see Y.)
    1. The science of fermentation; that department of…
    1. Relating to zymology.
    1. One versed in zymology.
    1. = zymosimeter, n.
    1. The art of fermentation (cf. zymurgy, n.).
    1. See quot.
    1. Epithet of an acid obtained by fermentation from…
    1. A salt of zymogluconic acid.
    1. Decomposition by means of an (esp. an…
    1. Pertaining to or involving zymolysis.
    1. A vegetable organism which causes fermentation.
    1. Relating to the art of fermentation.
    1. One versed in zymotechnology.
    1. In Ehrlich's theory of immunization, applied to a…
    1. = zymotechnic, adj.
    1. = zymophore, adj.
    1. Having a fermentative and toxic action.
    1. Hydrolysis effected by the action of a ferment.
    1. A unicellular organism which produces fermentation.
    1. A strip of electrophoretic medium showing enzymes…
    1. = zymophore, adj.
    1. Forming a ferment.
    1. = zymotechny, n.
    1. The scientific study of the principles of zymotechny.

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

zymo-, comb. form was last modified in June 2024.