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zymosis

noun

A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

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7
Starts with
Z
Ends with
S
Contains
YM
Scrabble score
21

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noun

  1. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

noun

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

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