"spermist" meaning in English

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        "One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum."
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        "(historical) One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum."
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        "(historical) One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum."
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