zyme

[ zahym ]

/ zaɪm /

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noun Archaic.

the specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.

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Origin of zyme

First recorded in 1880–85, zyme is from the Greek word zȳ́mē leaven

Zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Zyme, name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood