First published 1921; not fully revised
zymogeneticadjective
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What does the adjective zymogenetic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zymogenetic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Where does the adjective zymogenetic come from?
Earliest known use
1890s
The earliest known use of the adjective zymogenetic is in the 1890s.
OED's only evidence for zymogenetic is from 1896, in a text by T. Clifford Allbutt, physician, et al.
Nearby entries
- zymase, n.1875–
- zymate, n.1817–19
- zyme, n.1882–
- zymic, adj.1817–26
- zymin, n.1842–
- zyminized, adj.1888–
- zymo-, comb. form
- zymocyte, n.a1909–
- zymodeme, n.1978–
- zymogen, n.1877–
- zymogenetic, adj.1896–
- zymogenic, adj.1884–
- zymogluconate, n.1887–
- zymogluconic, adj.1886–
- zymogram, n.1957–
- zymohydrolysis, n.1903–
- zymoid, adj. & n.1891–
- zymological, adj.1828–
- zymologist, n.1828–
- zymology, n.1753–
- zymolysis, n.1890–
Meaning & use
Biochemistry.
- 1896–See zymogen n.Stressed as zymogeˈnetic.
- 1896
Organisms..acting partly as ferments, partly as zymogenetic cells.
T. C. Allbutt et al., System of Medicine vol. I. 528
the world matter chemistry organic chemistry chemical processes or reactions [adjectives] fermentation producing or causing- leavening1628–That leavens something (literal and figurative).
- fermentive1656–Tending to produce fermentation.
- zymogenic1884–
- zymogenetic1896–