Thesaurus: zymogenic

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1. a. Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
2. a. Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
3. (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.
4. Of or pertaining to zymology.
5. a. Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. a. Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.