Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A ferment.
- n. The living germ or other poison, of whatever nature, which is believed to be the specific cause of a zymotic disease.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A ferment.
- n. (Med.) The morbific principle of a zymotic disease.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ζύμη ("leaven"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Ebizuka, Y.; Sankawa, U.: A novel anthraquinone ring cleavage en - zyme from Aspergillus terreus.”
“This en - zyme acts on a range of steroids with a 14a-methyl group;”
“Reduction of FAD by NADPH is slower by 100fold, the mutant en - zyme reacts with oxygen to form 25% oxidized enzyme and 75% flavin hy - droperoxide, which successfully hydroxylates the substrate.”
“Pur - ification, partial characterization and preparation of antiserum to the en - zyme.”
“[2, 3] Km-Value (mM) 0.0001 ((6aR,11aR) - 3,9-dihydroxypterocarpan,, recombinant en - zyme expressed in yeast [6]) [6] 0.00016”
“J.F.; Roberge, A.G.: Nitric oxide synthase in cat brain: cofactors - en - zyme-substrate interaction.”
“Km: 0.240 mM [40]; Km: 0.14 mM [44]; < 1,5,18 > Km: 0. 2-1 mM, dependent on the concentrations of a-ketoglutarate and Fe2+, reduced pteridines can partially replace ascorbate [48]; recombinant enzyme, Km: 0.3 mM [59]; Km for wild-type en - zyme tetramer:”
“(Kcat - values of wild-type and mutant en - zyme for different fatty acids and alkyl trimethylammonium compounds [4]) [4] Km-Value (mM) Additional information”
“[1] S Additional information (, in the absence of oxygen the free en - zyme is slowly reduced by NADPH or NADH [1]) [1] P?”
“< 27, 29-33 > (< 27,29-33 > the mutation completely inactivates the en - zyme [73]) [73] K270R”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘zyme’.
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nachchba's Words
stentorian, blasé, ennui, concinnity, melee, photokeratitis, skiffle, refulgence, mongrel, fakir, caid, eudaimonia and 215 more...
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Learned (or Encountered) in Reading
I have a list for words learned from Newsweek; here's where I keep all the stuff from other shit I read.
Except when I'm looking stuff up and find new words that way. Those go on their...cellie, laminectomy, mridangam, terroir, hypospadias, crus, corpora cavernosa, crura, uretheral meatus, bartholin's gland, coloquintida, colopexy and 921 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, Z
zooagglutinin, zymurgy, zouave, zeal, zircon, zydeco, zenith, ziggurat, zoetrope, zany, zounds, zigzag and 108 more...
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"Z" Words
Scrabble List
zyme, zori, zoos, zoon, zoom, zonk, zone, zoic, zoea, zits, ziti, zing and 76 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Weird. But it sounds like a good book. :-) Feb 11, 2009
chained_bear "For example, advocates of the chemical theory of disease argued that fire was a chemical process and a single match could set off a chain reaction that ignited an entire forest or city. They hypothesized that chemicals they called 'zymes' acted like a match. A zyme started a series of chemical reactions in the body that could launch the equivalent of fermentation—infection."
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 50 Feb 10, 2009