Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
alcoholic fermentation Function:
noun : a process in which some sugars (as glucose) are converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide by the action of variousyeasts, molds, or bacteria on carbohydrate materials (as dough or sugar solutions) some of which do not themselves undergo fermentation but can be hydrolyzed into fermentable substances (as in theproduction of alcohol and alcoholic beverages)
