单词 | ovism |
释义 | ovismn. Biology (historical). The theory that the ovum holds all the material necessary for development of the embryo, the sperm providing only a stimulus to initiate the process.See note s.v. ovist n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > [noun] > of origin or development of life epigenesis1653 intelligent design1816 vitalism1822 ovarism1857 panspermy1857 creationism1860 monadism1860 nomogeny1868 thaumatogeny1868 biogenesis1870 panspermism1870 biogeny1871 polygenesis1871 panspermatism1874 monism1880 ovism1892 neo-vitalism1895 creation science1970 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Ovism, the hypothesis of the presence of the germ of a new organism in the ovary of the female prior to fecundation,..as opposed to Spermatism. 1934 Isis 20 498 The Rococo period saw..a revival of a form of evolutionary ovism by Albrecht von Haller, Bonnet, and Spallanzani. 1983 Science 29 Apr. 494/1 During the 18th century,..controversies arose over whether the preformed organism is carried by the female parent (ovism) or the male (animalculism). 1997 C. Pinto-Correia Ovary of Eve Prol. 13 Spallanzani performed all his fabulous experiments in reproduction as a means of confirming the final truth of ovism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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