zymotically

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English

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Etymology

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zymotic +‎ -ally

Adverb

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zymotically (not comparable)

  1. (pathology, obsolete) In a zymotic manner, infectiously.
    • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor[1], volume 2, London: G. Newbold, page 385:
      Whether this mass of filth [wet house-refuse] be, zymotically, the cause of cholera, or whether it be (as cannot be questioned) a means of agricultural fertility, and therefore of national wealth, it must be removed.