The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zymogenic
Zymogenic \Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
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Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a micro["o]rganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.
Wiktionary
zymogenic
a. 1 (context biology English) pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene 2 (context biology English) capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment