Zymosis
Zymosis , noun
[New Latin, from Greek zymwtiko`s fermentation, from zy`mh ferment.]
The medical usage is now (2004) archaic. -- PJC.
(a)
(Medicine) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
(b)
(Medicine) A zymotic disease. [Rare]