zymosis

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Fermentation.
2. n. Medicine The process of infection.
3. n. Medicine An infectious disease, especially one caused by a fungus.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Fermentation of any kind. Also zymolysis.
2. n. An infectious or contagious disease.

Wiktionary

1. n. A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
2. n. A zymotic disease.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. rare, rare A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
2. n. rare A zymotic disease.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
2. n. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol