preformation
19 points
English
12 letters
Not in frequency data
Valid in: UK dictionary
Definitions
noun
a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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