ovism
10 points
English
5 letters
Not in frequency data
Valid in: North American word list
Definitions
The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoön; -- opposed to spermism or animalculism.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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