ZYMOLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zymolysis mean? 

• ZYMOLYSIS (noun)
  The noun ZYMOLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

  Familiarity information: ZYMOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZYMOLYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

ferment; fermentation; fermenting; zymolysis; zymosis

Hypernyms ("zymolysis" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zymolysis"):

bottom fermentation (a slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of lager)

top fermentation (a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale)

vinification (the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine)

Derivation:

zymolytic (of or relating to or causing fermentation)