- (n.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
- (n.) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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