Zygotic
of or relating to a .
having zygosity.
Historical Examples
Heterozygote (different yolk), a zygotic individual which contains both members of an allelomorphic pair.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
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noun hydrogen cyanide used as a poisonous gas, esp. in Nazi concentration camps Contemporary Examples In the next case are photocopies of transit passes for the trucks that brought the cannisters of zyklon B pellets. My Visit To Hell Christopher Buckley January 29, 2009 Finally the empty canisters of zyklon B, perhaps a hundred or […]
- Zymo-
a combining form meaning “ferment,” “leaven,” used in the formation of compound words: zymology. combining form indicating fermentation: zymology zymo- pref. Fermentation: zymogenic. Enzyme: zymogram.
- Zym-
a combining form meaning “ferment,” “leaven,” used in the formation of compound words: zymology. combining form indicating fermentation: zymology zymo- pref. Fermentation: zymogenic. Enzyme: zymogram.
- Zymase
the complex of enzymes obtained from yeast, also occurring in bacteria and other organisms, that acts in alcoholic fermentation and other forms of glycolysis. Historical Examples Hans von Euler-Chelpin isolated one part of zymase, which remains active even after heating its solution to the boiling point. Smithsonian Institution – United States National Museum – Bulletin […]
- Zyme
the specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease. Historical Examples zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease. Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) Various zyme, name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases. The Nuttall Encyclopaedia […]