1. 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
   - theory of preformation

Derived forms: preformations

See also: preform

Type of: theory

Encyclopedia: Preformation

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