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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)
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