Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bacterioid ferment that liberates fatty acids from neutral fats.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A bacteroid ferment.
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- noun biochemistry A
fermentation produced bybacteria ,yeasts or similarmicro-organisms .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ζύμη ("yeast") + -phyte
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