Definitions for zyme

zyme zyme

Spelling: [zahym]
IPA: /zaɪm/

Zyme is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 14 anagrams from letters in zyme (emyz).

Definitions for zyme

noun

  1. the specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.

Origin of zyme

First recorded in 1880-85, zyme is from the Greek word zȳ́mē leaven

Examples for zyme

zyme, name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases.

zyme, zīm, n. a ferment: a disease-germ—the supposed specific cause of a zymotic disease.

Word Value for zyme
Scrable

18

Words with friends

18

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