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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Zy·mol·y·sis n.  Physiol. Chem. The action of enzymes, such as digestion or fermentation; also, the changes produced by such action. -- Zy*mo*lyt*ic a.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 zymolysis
      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: zymosis,
           fermentation, fermenting, ferment]