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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Zym·o·gen·ic a. Biol. (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.  (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
 Zymogenic organism Biol., a microorganism, 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.
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