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zymogenic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Zymogenic \Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)
(a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
(b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Zymologic
