Associations to the word «Homunculus»

Wiktionary

HOMUNCULUS, noun. A little man.
HOMUNCULUS, noun. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

Dictionary definition

HOMUNCULUS, noun. A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal.
HOMUNCULUS, noun. A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell.

Wise words

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