Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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preformation | Yes | No | No | No |
theory of preformation | Yes | No | No | No |
preformation (noun) | theory of 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 | 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 |