zymotic disease

zymotic disease
zymotic disease,
any one of various infectious and contagious diseases, such as smallpox and typhoid fever, which were formerly regarded as due to the presence in the system of a morbific principle acting in a manner analogous to the process of fermentation.

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  • Zymotic disease — Zymotic diseases (for the Greek language term zumoun for ferment ), an obsolete term in medicine, formerly applied to the class of acute infectious maladies,[1] presumed to be due to some virus or organism which acts in the system like a ferment …   Wikipedia

  • Zymotic disease — Zymotic y*mot ic, a. [Gr. ? causing to ferment, fr. ? to ferment, ? ferment, leaven.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zymotic disease — an old name for a contagious disease, which was formerly thought to develop within the body following infection in a process similar to the fermentation and growth of yeast …   Medical dictionary

  • zymotic disease — an old name for a contagious disease, which was formerly thought to develop within the body following infection in a process similar to the fermentation and growth of yeast …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • zymotic disease — /zaɪˈmɒtɪk dəziz/ (say zuy motik duhzeez) noun an infectious disease, as smallpox, typhoid fever, etc., which was regarded as due to the presence in the body of a morbific principle acting in a manner analogous to fermentation …  

  • Zymotic — y*mot ic, a. [Gr. ? causing to ferment, fr. ? to ferment, ? ferment, leaven.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See {Zymotic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zymotic — adj. archaic of or relating to fermentation. Phrases and idioms: zymotic disease archaic an epidemic, endemic, contagious, infectious, or sporadic disease regarded as caused by the multiplication of germs introduced from outside. Etymology: Gk… …   Useful english dictionary

  • zymotic — /zaɪˈmɒtɪk/ (say zuy motik) adjective 1. relating to, or caused by or as if by fermentation. Compare zymosis. 2. relating to a zymotic disease. {Greek zymōtikos causing fermentation} …  

  • zymotic — [zī mät′ik] adj. [Gr zymōtikos, causing to ferment < zymoun, to ferment < zymē, a ferment: see ZYME] 1. of, causing, or caused by or as by, fermentation 2. designating or of an infectious disease caused by an enzyme …   English World dictionary

  • Болезнь Ферментативная (Zymotic Disease) — устаревшее название любого инфекционного заболевания. Ранее считалось, что развитие такой болезни в результате заражения человека протекает аналогично процессам ферментации и роста дрожжей. Источник: Медицинский словарь …   Медицинские термины

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