the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.
adj. Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to fermentation; of the nature of fermentation. Also zymolytic.
n. Same as zymotic disease. See I.
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adj. relating to or caused by infection
adj. of or relating to or causing fermentation
Word Usage
"On the one hand it was denounced as an epicurean and obnoxious toy from England, designed to corrupt the democratic simplicity of the Republic, and on the other hand it was attacked by the medical faculty as dangerous to health and a certain inviter of “phthisic, rheumatic fevers, inflammation of the lungs and the whole category of zymotic diseases.”"