Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to a zymogen.
- adj. Capable of causing fermentation.
- adj. Enzyme-producing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to a zymogen.
- Exciting fermentation: as, zymogenic organisms.
Wiktionary
- adj. biology pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene
- adj. biology capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
- adj. Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
Etymologies
- zymo- + -genic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“_ live best in such putrefying materials -- or become _zymogenic_, _i. e._ their metabolic products may induce blood-poisoning or other toxic effects”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
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