| zymogenic | <biology> Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. <biology> Zymogenic organism, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| zymogenic cell | <pathology> Cells of the basal part of the gastric glands of the stomach. They contain extensive rough endoplasmic reticulum and zymogen granules and secrete pepsinogen, the inactive precursor of pepsin and rennin. (18 Nov 1997) |