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theory of preformation is a noun meaning "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". It carries one recorded sense.
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
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for theory of preformation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.