Also -ine. [f. Gr. ζύμη leaven + -IN1.] a. = ZYME. b. A pancreatic extract used in medicine. Hence Zyminized a., predigested by means of zymin.
1842. W. Farr, in 4th Ann. Rep. Reg-Gen., 201. The morbific principle (zymine). Ibid., 202. Some … kinds of matter (zymin) are reproduced in the organization after they have been destroyed by transformation (zymosis) in attacks of disease.
1888. M. Mackenzie, Fredk. the Noble, vii. 99. Zyminised nutriments.
1901. Dorland, Med. Dict., Zymin… a pancreatic extract prepared for therapeutic use.
