zymotic

形容词 adj.
/zaɪˈmɒtɪk/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or causing fermentation. not-comparable
  2. Infectious, contagious, of diseases originally regarded as being caused by a process similar to fermentation. historical,not-comparable
    — […] these […] accounts by no means bear out the zymotic doctrine of the Board of Health as to the cause of cholera; for where the zymotic influences from the sewers were the worst, […] the cholera was the least destructive.

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From Ancient Greek ζυμωτικός (zumōtikós, “causing fermentation”), from ζυμοῦν (zumoûn).
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