Note: Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid.
Note: In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). — Putrefactive fermentation. See Putrefaction.
FERMENTATION THEORY
Fer`men*ta"tion the"o*ry. (Med.)
Defn: The theory which likens the course of certain diseases (esp. infectious diseases) to the process of fermentation, and attributes them to the organized ferments in the body. It does not differ materially from the accepted germ theory (which see).
FERMENTATIVE
Fer*ment"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. fermentatif.]
Defn: Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process. — Fer*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. — Fer*ment"a*tive*ness, n.
FERMERERE
Fer"mer*ere, n. Etym: [OF. enfermerier, fr. enfermerie infirmary. See
Infirmary.]
Defn: The officer in a religious house who had the care of the infirmary. [Obs.]
FERMETURE
Fer"me*ture, n. [F., fr. fermer to close.] (Mil.)
Defn: The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.