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ovism Biol.|ˈəʊvɪz(ə)m|
[f. L. ov-um egg + -ism: in mod.F. ovisme (Littré).]
The old theory that the ovum or female reproductive cell contains the whole of the future organism in an undeveloped state, and that the male cell or spermatozoon merely acts as a stimulant to its development: opposed to spermism or animalculism. (Also ovarism.)
1892in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
