Ovism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ovism is a noun meaning (now historical) The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.
Meaning
(now historical) The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.
Example Sentences
Above all, ovism seems to us utterly impossible: how could every human being that ever existed or ever will exist be contained, fully formed, within Eve's ovaries?
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include animalculism, monogenesis, ovoviviparism, spermism, ovoviviparity, oogenesis.
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