animalculism

English

noun
Definitions
  • (biology) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
  • (biology) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism.

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Suffix from English animalcule.

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English

animalcule

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