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A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

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  1. n. A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
  2. n. A zymotic disease.
  3. n. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
  4. n. (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
  5. (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. [R.]
  6. n. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol n. (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)