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1. preformation
noun. 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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- preformation (English)
- formation (English)
- formation (French)
- pre- (English)