Zymotic
Adjective
UK
/zaɪˈmɒt.ɪk/
US
/zaɪˈmɑː.tɪk/
Definition
Related to diseases that spread from one person to another.
Example
"Cholera is a zymotic disease."
"In the past, doctors studied zymotic illnesses to understand how infections spread."
"Today we use words like “infectious” instead of “zymotic,” but they mean almost the same thing."
Explanation
Zymotic is a medical word used to describe diseases that spread through germs (tiny living things that make you sick), bacteria (small living things that cause illness), or infection (when harmful germs enter the body). For example, Cholera and typhoid are zymotic diseases. In simple words, a zymotic disease is one that can pass from one person to another. Doctors used this word more often in the past, but today people usually say infectious or contagious instead.