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   Ovism
   O'vism noun [ Ov um + - ism .] (Zoology) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoön; -- opposed to
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/60
   
   
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   Ovism
   • (n.) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; -- opposed to spermism or animalculism.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ovism/
   
   

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