| 单词 |
microzyme |
| 释义 |
microzyme Phys.|ˈmaɪkrəʊzaɪm| Also microzyma |maɪkrəʊˈzaɪmə|. [mod. f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + ζύµη yeast: cf. zymic.] A zymotic microbe; one of a class of minute and lowly organized living beings, to whose presence are attributed epidemic and other zymotic diseases.
1873Huxley Critiques & Addr. x. 242 Two of the most destructive of epizoötic diseases..are also dependent for their existence..upon extremely small living solid particles, to which the title of microzymes is applied. 1881Athenæum 23 July 118/2 These microzymas and those of chalk and other rocks have the same origin as the microzymas of every living organism. 1885–8Fagge & Pye-Smith Princ. Med. (ed. 2) 25 The word ‘microzyme’ was suggested by Béchamp and adopted by Sanderson. 1902Longm. Mag. July 257 Water which he had obtained from the purest ice contained microzymes. |

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