zymolysis

Other forms of zymolysis

plural

zymolysises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zymolysis

What does zymolysis mean?

zymolysis means "a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol".

How many syllables are in zymolysis?

zymolysis has 4 syllables and divides as zy-mo-ly-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for zymolysis?

Close synonyms include zymosis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is zymolysis a common word?

zymolysis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.