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ZYMOTIC DISEASES

\za͡ɪmˈɒtɪk dɪzˈiːzɪz], \za‍ɪmˈɒtɪk dɪzˈiːzɪz], \z_aɪ_m_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_k d_ɪ_z_ˈiː_z_ɪ_z]\

Definitions of ZYMOTIC DISEASES

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Diseases caused by ferments in the system.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

See under zymotic. [Ang.-Sax., Fr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

[Gr.] (Med.) Diseases caused apparently by some virus received into the body and spreading by a kind of fermentation; e.g. small-pox, measles, scarlatina, influenza, typhus, and many others.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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