zymosis

noun

(medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)

a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances

Roots

zymezym- · Greek · leaven, ferment osis-osis · Greek · process, condition

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