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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1875 an enzyme or enzyme complex of yeast that promotes fermentation of sugar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the enzyme fraction in yeast which catalyses the alcoholic fermentation of glucose. Etymology: F f. Gk zume leaven

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zymase Zym"ase, n. [From Zyme.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme.