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Possible definitions for zygoses
myoses
myosis
n 1: an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and
featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) [syn:
{epidemic pleurodynia}, {epidemic myalgia}, {diaphragmatic
pleurisy}, {Bornholm disease}]
2: reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in
response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the
pupil to become smaller [syn: {light reflex}, {pupillary
reflex}, {miosis}]
[also: {myoses} (pl)]
myoses
See {myosis}
zygospore
zygospore
n : a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells
zygote
zygote
n : the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a
spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from
that cell) [syn: {fertilized ovum}]
zygotene
zygotene
n : the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
zymosis
zymosis
n 1: a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to
break down into simpler substances; especially, the
anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: {zymolysis},
{fermentation}, {fermenting}, {ferment}]
2: (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious
disease (especially one caused by a fungus)
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