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fermentation Noun a chemical reaction in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances, esp. the conversion of sugar to ethyl alcohol by yeast
Fermentation the branch of biochemistry that studies enzym es. Also called zymology. — enzymologist, n. zymology. the process in which a zymogen becomes an enzyme, as in the fermentation process. — zymogenic, zymogenous, adj. the branch of biochemistry that studies fermentation. Also called zymetology. 1. the fermentative action of enzymes. 2. fermentation and its resulting changes. — zymolytic, adj. a device for determining degrees of fermentation. fermentation. See also disease and illness. — zymotic adj. the application of the principles of fermentation. Also zymotechny. — zymotechnic, adj. 1. caused by or causing fermentation. 2. causing or referring to infectious diseases. a branch of applied chemistry that studies fermentation processes, as in brewing.
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It was in vain urged by the housewife that God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation; that fermentation develops the saccharine element in the grain, and makes it more palatable and more digestible. Decaying vegetation may occasionally smoulder with the heat of its fermentation, but this rarely results in flame. No step of the progressive fermentation which had shown itself at the report of his arrest escaped him. |
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