Fermentation is a metabolic process that converts sugar to acids, gases, or alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria, and also in oxygen-starved muscle cells, as in the case of lactic acid fermentation.
pupil noun [C] (EYE PART). âº the âcircular âblack âarea in the âcentre of an âeye, through which âlight âenters: Pupils âcontract in âbright âlight, and âdilate in darkness. (Definition of pupil from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Generally, a fixed and dilated pupil means that either brain swelling or bleeding in the brain has progressed to where pressure on the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III) does not allow the eye to react to light.