\Zym`o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)
(a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
(b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
{Zymogenic organism} (Biol.), a micro["o]rganism, 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}.