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| 1. | [ noun ] 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 | |
| Synonyms: | theory_of_preformation | |
| Related terms: | theory preform | |
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proportion proportional pro_forma proportionate proportionally proportionable proportionately proportionality proportional_to pair_formation preferential |
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