fermentescibleadj.
/ˌfəːmənˈtɛsɪb(ə)l/ (a) Having the power to cause fermentation. (b) Capable of being fermented.
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1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 730 Fermentiscible and often bilious Humours bred of..Meat corrupted.
1807 Med. Jrnl. 22 198 The albumen..was so altered..without having lost its fermentescible action.
1814 Edinb. Rev. 23 129 To excite fermentation in a fermentiscible fluid.
1865 Reader No. 117. 346/3 Fermentescible liquids.
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