zy|mot´i|cal|ly

zy|mot|ic «zy MOT ihk», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. of or having to do with fermentation.

2. causing fermentation.

3. caused by fermentation.

4. denoting or having to do with any infectious disease due to a fungus, originally regarded as being caused by a process analogous to fermentation.

–n.

= zymotic disease. (Cf. ↑zymotic disease)

╂[< Greek zōtikós causing fermentation < zûn; see etym. under zymosis (Cf. ↑zymosis)]

–zy|mot´i|cal|ly, adverb.