From Z to A: ZYMOSIS

ZYMOSIS, according to the Official Scrabble® Dictionary, means FERMENTATION. (The word FERMENTATION isn't in the regular Scrabble® Dictionary, but it's in the Tournament word list so use it, says I! If you have the opportunity! For example if someone plays FERMENT, put "ation"on the end!)

Interestingly, if you go to Wikipedia, and search for ZYMOSIS, you are redirected to FERMENTATION - a page on which the term ZYMOSIS is not used.

The word ZYMOLGY is mentioned, since the science of FERMENTATION is called ZYMOLOGY. There's a link to a ZYMOLOGY page.

ZYMOLOGY is also referred to as ZYMURGY.  According to the Dictionary, it can be pluralized ZYMOLOGIES. Just as ZYMURGY can be pluralized ZYMURGIES, as if there was more than one branch of science with that name.

ZYMOSIS is pluralized ZYMOSES.

Go to Dictionary.com and you'll find that ZYMOSIS, in British English, means "to spread disease."

You can also use the word ZYMOTIC, relating to or causing infection (or FERMENTATION.)

To FERMENT something is to cause it to turn into ALCOHOL.

ZYMURGY - ZYMURGIES
ZYMOSIS - ZYMOSES
ZYMOLOGY  - ZYMOLOGIES