zymogenn.
/ˈzʌɪməʊdʒɛn/ Biochemistry.
A substance formed in an organism, from which a ferment is produced. Also attributive.
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1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. i. 188 A pancreas taken fresh from the body..contains but little ready made ferment, though there is present in it a body which, by some kind of decomposition, gives birth to the ferment... To this body, the mother of the ferment, Heidenhain has given the name of Zymogen.
1896 E. B. Wilson Cell 288 Zymogen granules.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 306 A zymogen is the antecedent of the ferment of the secretion—pepsinogen, trypsinogen, for example.
Derivatives
zymoˈgenic adj.
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > [adjective] > fermentation > producing or causing
leavening1628
fermentive1656
zymogenic1884
zymogenetic1896
1884 E. Klein Micro-org. xxi. 187 Putrefactive and many zymogenic organisms thrive well at ordinary temperatures.
1900 Nature 13 Sept. 405 Zymogenic..bacteria.
zymogeˈnetic adj.
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > [adjective] > fermentation > producing or causing
leavening1628
fermentive1656
zymogenic1884
zymogenetic1896
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 528 Organisms..acting partly as ferments, partly as zymogenetic cells.
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zyˈmogenous adj. producing a ferment, or causing fermentation.
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