ZOOPHARMACOLOGY 



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ZYMOTOXIC 



Zoopharmacology (zo-o-far-ina-kol'-o-je) fcuov, ani- 

 mal; pharmacology}. Veterinary pharmacology. 



Zoophilism {zo-of'-il-izmy [^uxyi; animal ; qO.e'iv, to 

 love]. The love of animals; it is usually immoderate* 

 and toward certain animals, illustrated in the fanatic- 

 al eS_ andvivisection. 



Zootrophotoxism (zo-o-tro-fo-toks' -izm ) [£uov, animal ; 

 -,x>or;, nourishment; to^ikov, poison]. Husemann's 

 term for poisoning with infected animal food. Z., 

 Gastric, Z., Intestinal, that occurring through in- 

 gestion of spoiled flesh, milk, or cheese, and marked 

 by cholera nostras, colic, diarrhea, fever, cramps, pro- 

 gressing to collapse and cyanosis. Z., Tropeinic, 

 Zootrophotoxismus tropeinicus, occurs through 

 ingestion of poisonous sausage and salted fish accom- 

 panied by symptoms similar to tropeinism. Syn., 

 Ptomatropism . 



Zosteric (zos-ter'-ik). Relating to herpes zoster. 



Zosteriform (zos-ter'-e-foriii). Resembling herpes zos- 

 ter. 



Zygapophysis. (See Illus. Diet.) Z., Postaxial. 

 See Postzygapophyses (Illus. Diet.). Z., Preaxial. 

 See Prezygopophysis (Illus. Diet). 



Zygomaxillary {zi-go-maks'-il-a-re). See Jugomaxil- 

 /ary (Illus. Diet.). 



Zygomycetes (a-go-mise* '-&*) [Cvyiv, a yoke; uvktis, 

 fungus]. A group of fungi characterized by sexual 

 reproduction through the union of two similar gametes 

 zygospores). 



Zygoneure (zi'-go-nrir) [Ct/<5>', a yoke ; vtvpov, nerve]. 

 A nerve-cell joining other nerve-cells. 



Zygotoblast {zi-gcS-to-blast) [;»•;. or, yoke; T/aaroq, 

 germ]. A term used by Ross (1899) as the equiva- 

 lent of sporozoit (a. 1 



Zylenin (zi'-Ztrn-in). Zylenobacillin, a toxin extracted 

 by Auclair from tubercle bacilli. 



Zymase. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The unorganized fer- 

 ment or enzyme to which the fermentative activity of 

 the yeast cell is due; discovered by E. Buchner. Z., 

 Buchner's, that expressed from dried yeast ; yeast-cell 

 plasma. 



Zymetology. See Zymology (Illus. Diet.). 



Zymin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Sterile dried yea-t . 

 mixed with sugar and water it is used as an application 

 for fluor albus of gonorrheal origin. 



Zyminized (s/ v -min-izJ ) [Ci////, leaven]. A term ap- 

 plied to milk in which a fermentative change has been 

 induced, comparable to peptonization. 



Zymohydrolysis {zi-mo-hi-drel'-is-is) \Z\uy, leaven; 

 vtup, water; /.ieiv, to loose]. The hydrolysis pro- 

 duced by the cleavage action of enzymes. 



Zymoidin (zi-woid'-in). A proprietaiy wound anti- 

 septic said to be a mixture of oxids of zinc, bismuth, 

 and aluminium with iodin, boric acid, salicylic acid, 

 carbolic acid, gallic acid, etc. 



Zymometer [zi-moni' '-et-er). See Zymosimetir (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Zymophore {zi'-mo-for). See Toxophore. 



Zymophoric, Zymophorous 1 J-mof'-or-ik, zi-mef'-or- 

 us) \j&fflt leaven; oopelr, to bear]. Exerting a fer- 

 mentative action, bearing specific fermentative proper- 

 ties. 



Zymosia, Zymosis. (See Illus. Diet) 3. Applied 

 to an infectious disease on the assumption that the pro- 

 cess of contagion and of further development is a 

 chemic process. Ger. \ahrungskrank/ieit. Z. 

 gastrica, a form of organacidia gastrica in which 

 the organic acids are due to the presence in the stomach 

 of growing, sporulating, budding yeast. 



Zymotoxic (zi- mo-fobs' -ik) [Ctyqr, leaven ; to$ik6v, poi- 

 son]. In the side-chain theory, relating to the hemo- 

 lytic action of the toxophore group. 



