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- English Word Zygomorphic Definition Alt. of Zygomorphous
- English Word Zygomorphous Definition Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.
- English Word Zygosis Definition Same as Conjugation.
- English Word Zygosperm Definition A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.
- English Word Zygosphene Definition A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front.
- English Word Zygospore Definition Same as Zygosperm.
- English Word Zygospore Definition A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.
- English Word Zylonite Definition Celluloid.
- English Word Zymase Definition A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme.
- English Word Zyme Definition A ferment.
- English Word Zyme Definition The morbific principle of a zymotic disease.
- English Word Zymic Definition Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.
- English Word Zymogen Definition A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.
- English Word Zymogene Definition One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.
- English Word Zymogenic Definition Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
- English Word Zymogenic Definition Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
- English Word Zymologic Definition Alt. of Zymological
- English Word Zymological Definition Of or pertaining to zymology.
- English Word Zymologist Definition One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.
- English Word Zymology Definition A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.