e/Fermentation theory

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has gloss	eng: The fermentation theory of disease is the (now obsolete) concept that many diseases, including the diseases which were "epidemic, endemic and contagious", owe their origin to the presence of a "morbific principle" in the system, acting in a manner analogous to, although not identical with, the process of fermentation.
lexicalization	eng: Fermentation theory
instance of	c/Obsolete medical theories