Associations to the word «Preformation»
Noun
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- Reproduction
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Wiktionary
PREFORMATION, noun. Prior formation.
PREFORMATION, noun. (biology) (historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis.
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.