zyminhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zymin_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezymin, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zyminnoun

  1. 1.
    1842–
    1. 1842
      The morbific principle (zymine).
      W. Farr in 4th Annual Rep. Registrar-Gen. Births, Deaths, & Marriages Eng. 201
    2. 1842
      Some..kinds of matter (zymin) are reproduced in the organization after they have been destroyed by transformation (zymosis) in attacks of disease.
      W. Farr in 4th Annual Rep. Registrar-Gen. Births, Deaths, & Marriages Eng. 202
  2. 2.
    1901–
    A pancreatic extract used in medicine.
    1. 1901
      Zymin,..a pancreatic extract prepared for therapeutic use.
      W. A. N. Dorland, Medical Dictionary (ed. 2) 770/2

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

zymin, n. was last modified in December 2024.