zymehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zyme_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezyme, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zymenoun

  1. 1882–
    A name for the substance or principle causing a zymotic disease: cf. zymosis n.
    1. 1882
      Corresponding with the adjective zymotic is the substantive zyme.., by which we refer to the poisonous cause of zymotic diseases.
      Quain's Dictionary Medicine 1806

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

zyme, n. was last modified in December 2024.