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Preformation

Preformation Meaning & Definition
Preformation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Preformation?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Preformation: theory of preformation

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Preformation In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre`for*ma"tion\, n. (Biol.) An old theory of the pre["e]xistence of germs. Cf. {Embo[^i]tement}.

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