Advertisement

Advertisement

zymo-

  1. a combining form meaning “ferment,” “leaven,” used in the formation of compound words:

    zymology.



zymo-

combining_form

  1. indicating fermentation

    zymology

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of zymo-1

Combining form representing Greek zȳ́mē leaven
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of zymo-1

from Greek zumē leaven
Discover More

Example Sentences

His team has even sent pleas over Twitter to the Stanford community and regional biotech companies calling for donations of reagent assemblies, such as kits from Zymo and Qiagen.

Another company — Zymo Research of Irvine, Calif. — has also developed an at-home kit that it hopes to get into the hands of first-responders and companies so that they can test employees.

Zymo acts as a middleman, passing the sample to Pangea Laboratory in Costa Mesa, Calif., said Marc Van Eden, vice president of business development at Zymo Research.

The test, offered by Zymo Research in Irvine, uses chemical modifications to DNA that accrue over a lifetime, called an ‘epigenetic clock’, to determine a person’s age.

From Nature

In the Hildesheim case, Zymo, which bought an exclusive licence to Horvath’s test in 2016, compared the refugee’s sample with those of five others who had similar ethnic backgrounds and whose ages were known.

From Nature

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement