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zyme

[zahym]
noun Archaic.
  1. 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
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Historical Examples of zyme

  • Zyme, name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

    Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • Zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.