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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 zymosis
 發酵,發酵作用,酵性病

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Zy·mo·sis, n.  Med. (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.  (b) A zymotic disease. [R.]
 Note: The medical usage is now (2004) archaic. -- PJC.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 zymosis
      n 1: 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)