Zymogenic adj. (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.
