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English → English (gcide) Definition: Zymogenic Zymogenic \Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.) (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. [1913 Webster] Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a micro["o]rganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism . Cf. Micrococcus. [1913 Webster]