noun
Meaning 1
A believer in the theory (ovism or ovulism) that an organism is entirely preformed in the egg, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gives the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations are enclosed one within the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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