Meaning of preformation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Prior formation.
   countable, uncountable
2. The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).
   countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“Preformation, as even Aristotle spotted, merely postpones the problem, for how did the homunculus get its shape?”

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