zyme

-zyme

noun

The definition of a zyme is an enzyme or the origin of an old medical theory that many contagious diseases were caused by enzymes that fermented in the body.
An example of a zyme is a bacteria that was believed to cause fermentation and cause typhoid fever in the 1800s.

suffix

Zyme is defined as enzyme.
An example of zyme is isozyme which is an enzyme that reacts just like another enzyme but has a different amino acid sequence.

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zyme

a ferment or enzyme
the specific cause of a zymotic disease

Origin of zyme

Classical Greek zym?, a leaven from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form yeu-, to mix (foods) from source juice, Sanskrit yu?, broth

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-zyme

suffix

Enzyme: lysozyme.

Origin of -zyme

From Greek zūmē leaven

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