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ZYMOLOGY

Definition: ZYMOLOGY

ZYMOLOGY

Noun

1. A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Zymology \Zy*mol"o*gy\, noun. [Zyme -logy: compare to the French expression zymologie.]. (references)


Crosswords: ZYMOLOGY

English words defined with "ZYMOLOGY": Zymological, Zymologist. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Zymology

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Zymology is the science of fermentation. It deals with the biochemical processes involved in fermentation, with yeast selection and physiology, and with the practical issues of brewing. Zymology is occasionally known as zymurgy.

Fermentation

Fermentation can be simply defined, in this context, as the conversion of sugar molecules into alcohol and carbon dioxide by yeast enzymes.

History

French chemist Louis Pasteur was the first zymologist, when in 1857 he connected yeast to fermentation. Pasteur originally defined fermentation as respiration without air.

Pasteur performed careful research and concluded, "...I am of the opinion that alcoholic fermentation never occurs without simultaneous organization, development and multiplication of cells... ...if asked, in what consists the chemical act whereby the sugar is decomposed... ...I am completely ignorant of it...."

The German Eduard Buchner, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in chemistry, later determined that fermentation was actually caused by a yeast secretion that he termed zymase.

The research efforts undertaken by the Danish Carlsberg scientists greatly accelerated the gain of knowledge about yeast and brewing. The Carlsberg scientists are generally acknowledged with kick-starting the entire field of molecular biology.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zymology."

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Modern Translation: ZYMOLOGY

Language Translations for "ZYMOLOGY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

مخمرشناسی , مبحث تخمیروشناساءی مخمرها. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ζυμολογία. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תורת ×"תסיס×". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ymologyzay

   

Romanian

  

zimologie. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

khoa nghiên cứu men. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ZYMOLOGY

Derivations

Words ending with "ZYMOLOGY": enzymology. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ZYMOLOGY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: zygology. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ZYMOLOGY"

Words rhyming with "ZYMOLOGY" (pronounced 'Zy*mol"o*gy'): Aciurgy, Acology, Actinology, Adenology, Aerolithology, Aerology, Agnoiology, Agriology, Agrostology, Aitiology, Alethiology, Algology, Allotriophagy, Alogy, Amphibiology, Amphibology, Anagogy, Analogy, Anemology, Angelology, Angiology, Anthology, Anthropology, Anthropophagy, Antilogy, Apiology, Arachnology, Archaeology, Archelogy, Aretology, Aristology, Arteriology, Arthrology, Assyriology, Astrolithology, Astrology, Astrometeorology, Astrotheology, Atheology, Atmology, Atmospherology, Atomology, Autophagy, Bacteriology, Baggy, Balneology, Barology, Battology, Bibliology, Bibliopegy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ZYMOLOGY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-l-m-o-o-y-y-z"

-1 letter: myology.

-2 letters: gloomy.

-3 letters: gloom, ology.

-4 letters: glom, logo, logy, loom, moly, mool, mozo, oozy, zoom.

-5 letters: goo, goy, gym, log, loo, mog, mol, moo, yom, zoo.

 Words containing the letters "g-l-m-o-o-y-y-z"
 

+2 letters: enzymology.

 

+4 letters: homozygously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations 		5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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