zymogene

See also: zymogène

English

Noun

zymogene (plural zymogenes)

1. (biology) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria that produce fermentations of diverse nature; — distinguished from pathogene.
   • 1892, American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting Public Health, page 203:

     It thus prevents these from converting the zymogene into the ferment.

2. (biology) Alternative form of zymogen.
   • 1916, International Review of the Science and Practice of Agriculture, page 1094:

     From these researches, it is concluded that a portion of the amylase is present in the potato in the form of zymogene which is transformed into an active enzyme towards the end of the resting stage;

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “zymogene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)