Preformation
nounid
110141·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
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- synonym
- theory of preformation
- plural
- Preformations
- possessive
- Preformation's
- pluralpossessive
- Preformations'
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- 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
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