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zymotic (adjective) (not comparable)
1. Relating to, or caused by, fermentation: In biochemistry Patty learned about the zymotic effects in making alcoholic beverages.
2. Pertaining to certain contagious diseases or infections: Nancy's mother wondered where her daughter might have caught such a zymotic illness, which was evidently quite transmissible..
3. Descriptive of a contagious condition of a disease which is produced by some organism acting on the physical system like a ferment: Mrs. Smith's state of health was evidently a zymotic illness which was widespread in the area where she lived.
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