What is "zymosis"

Zymosis \Zy*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fermentation, fr. ? ferment.] (Med.)

1. A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

2. A zymotic disease. [R.]

n. 1 A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. 2 A zymotic disease.

1. n. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment]

2. (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)