01 n. The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
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The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.(Biol.)
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The theory that the spermatozoön and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism.(Biol.)