- zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment - a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
--1 is a kind of chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
--1 has particulars: bottom fermentation; top fermentation; vinification - zymosis - (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
--2 is a kind of infection
--2 has particulars: fungal infection, mycosis