zymophore, adj.

zymophore
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zymophoreadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zymophore mean?

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

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1900 | 0.021
1910 | 0.017
1920 | 0.015
1930 | 0.013
1940 | 0.011
1950 | 0.0051
1960 | 0.0019
1970 | 0.0008
1980 | 0.0004
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the adjective zymophore pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzʌɪməfɔː/
ZIGH-muh-for

#### U.S. English

/ˈzaɪməˌfɔr/
ZIGH-muh-for

### Where does the adjective zymophore come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The earliest known use of the adjective zymophore is in the 1900s.

OED's only evidence for zymophore is from 1900, in U.S. Department of Agric. Bureau Anim. India.

### Nearby entries

1. zymogram, n. 1957–
2. zymohydrolysis, n. 1903–
3. zymoid, adj. & n. 1891–
4. zymological, adj. 1828–
5. zymologist, n. 1828–
6. zymology, n. 1753–
7. zymolysis, n. 1890–
8. zymolytic, adj. 1890–
9. zymome, n. 1820–31
10. zymometer, n. 1842–
11. zymophore, adj.1900–
12. zymophoric, adj. 1902–
13. zymophyte, n. 1890–
14. zymosan, n. 1943–
15. zymoscope, n. 1868–
16. zymosimeter, n. 1704–
17. zymosis, n. 1842–
18. zymotechnic, adj. 1896–
19. zymotechnical, adj. 1900–
20. zymotechnologist, n. 1896–
21. zymotechny, n. 1860–

## Etymology

See ‑phore comb. form, etc.

## Meaning & use

1. 1900–
   In Ehrlich's theory of immunization, applied to a particular group of atoms in a ferment, or in the receptors of a living cell, to which the fermentative action is due (analogous to the toxophore group in a toxin).
   Stressed as ˈzymophore.
   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. Bureau Anim. India 257 (Cent. Dict. Supplement)
   immunology
   1. haptophorous 1898–
      = haptophoric, adj.
   2. haptophore 1899–
      Of the nature of a haptophore; haptophoric. Now chiefly historical with reference to the theories of Paul Ehrlich.
   3. haptophoric 1900–
      Of the nature of a haptophore (haptophore, n.); of or relating to a haptophore.
   4. zymophore 1900–
      In Ehrlich's theory of immunization, applied to a particular group of atoms in a ferment, or in the receptors of a living cell, to which the…
   5. zymophoric 1902–
      = zymophore, adj.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzʌɪməfɔː/
ZIGH-muh-for

### U.S. English

/ˈzaɪməˌfɔr/
ZIGH-muh-for

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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

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

zymophore 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 zymophore, adj., 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 | 0.021
1910 | 0.017
1920 | 0.015
1930 | 0.013
1940 | 0.011
1950 | 0.0051
1960 | 0.0019
1970 | 0.0008
1980 | 0.0004
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

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

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