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Webster 1913 Edition
Animalculism
Anˊi-mal′cu-lism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
animalculisme
.] 1.
(Biol.)
The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
Definition 2024
animalculism
animalculism
English
Noun
animalculism (uncountable)
- (biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
- (biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism.
Antonyms
- (spermatozoon theory): ovism
Translations
theory that the spermatozoon contains the whole of the embryo
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