Zym′o‐gen″ic (?), a.(Biol.) (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
Zymogenic organism(Biol.), a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; — distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.