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animalculism

noun

Etymology

Compare French animalculisme. By surface analysis, animalcule + -ism.

  1. derived from animalculisme

Definitions

  1. A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of…

    A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.

  2. The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo

    The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermism.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for animalculism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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