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Zymogenic
Zymˊo-gen′ic
,Adj.
(Biol.)
(a)
Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
(b)
Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
Zymogenic organism
(Biol.)
, a microorganism, 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
.