ZYMOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zymology mean? 

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

1. the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZYMOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

zymology; zymurgy

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

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)