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Meaning of animalculism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
    archaic, uncountable
  2. The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermism.
    archaic, uncountable

Equivalents

Português animalculismo

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

animalculist animalculum animalhood animalicide animalier animalisation

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