theory of preformation
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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
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- preform derivation
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preform |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | theory |