OVISM
\ˈə͡ʊvɪzəm], \ˈəʊvɪzəm], \ˈəʊ_v_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
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The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; - opposed to spermism or animalculism.
By Oddity Software
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The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; - opposed to spermism or animalculism.
By Noah Webster.
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The theory held by the Ovists that the egg contained the germ with the germs of all future generations within it.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.