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zymotoxic

zymotoxic adjective: denoting that group of the complement to which its solvent properties are due, in accordance with the supposition that it may be of ferment nature.

Adjective

zymotoxic (not comparable)

  1. Denoting that group of the complement to which its solvent properties are due, in accordance with the supposition that it may be of ferment nature.
    • The analogy here discoverable between the toxins of bacteria and these solvent reagents, or tissue-poisons, is very close, and we are obliged today to employ a similar term to describe the precise action of parasitic fungi to that now employed in bacteriology and to call the diseases which they...1898, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, page 19
    Synonyms:
    toxophoric

Synonyms of zymotoxic

Questions about zymotoxic

What does zymotoxic mean?
Zymotoxic means denoting that group of the complement to which its solvent properties are due, in accordance with the supposition that it may be of ferment nature.
What part of speech is zymotoxic?
Zymotoxic is an adjective.

Words near zymotoxic in the dictionary

  1. zymotechny
  2. zymotherapy
  3. zymotic
  4. zymotically
  5. zymotics
  6. zymotoxic
  7. zymotype
  8. zymotypes
  9. zymoxin
  10. zymoxins
  11. zymozan

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