"animalculism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Compare French animalculisme. By surface analysis, animalcule + -ism. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|animalculisme}} French animalculisme, {{surf|en|animalcule|-ism}} By surface analysis, animalcule + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} animalculism (uncountable)
  1. (biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules. Tags: archaic, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-animalculism-en-noun-7Hj0V3l0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism. Tags: archaic, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (theory that the spermatozoon contains the whole of the embryo): animalculismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-animalculism-en-noun-VeR3XwGi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'theory that the spermatozoon contains the whole of the embryo': 13 87
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