What is "zymotic"

Zymotic \Zy*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? causing to ferment, fr. ? to ferment, ? ferment, leaven.]

1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

2. (Med.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

   Zymotic disease (Med.), any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment.

a. 1 (context pathology obsolete English) Relating to or caused by infection. 2 Of or causing fermentation. 3 (context pathology of a disease English) infectious

1. adj. of or relating to or causing fermentation [syn: zymolytic]

2. relating to or caused by infection