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Definition: Spermism
Spermism
\Sperm"ism\, n. [Gr. ? seed, sperm + -ism.] (Biol.)
The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or
spermatozo["o]n contains the germ of the future embryo;
animalculism.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]