Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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preform | No | No | Yes | No |
preformation | Yes | No | No | No |
preform (noun) | preformation (noun) |
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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 |
preform (verb) | preformation (verb) |
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form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand | |
form into a shape resembling the final, desired one |