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zyme

/zahym/US // zaɪm //

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : the specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.

Examples

  • Zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.

  • Zyme, name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases.