• (n.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules. • (n.) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism.
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An`i·mal'cu·lism noun [ Confer French
animalculisme .]
(Biol.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
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animalculism A theory that seeks to explain physiological or pathological phenomena by the agency of animalcules; such as: that they are the germs of life and that they are the cause of diseases.
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