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Definition: Animalculism
Animalculism
\An`i*mal"cu*lism\, n. [Cf. F. animalculisme.]
1. (Biol.) The theory which seeks to explain certain
physiological and pathological phenomena by means of
animalcules.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) The theory that the spermatozo["o]n and not the
ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; --
opposed to
ovism.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]