noun
- A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol.
- synonyms: zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
- Medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus. ().
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