Sekirov Dictionary

animalculist

/anɪˈmalkjʊlɪst/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.
(no longer used) Someone who studies animalcules.

adjective1

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(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
- Countering ‘ovism’, the rival ‘animalculist’ school regarded spermatozoa, discovered in semen by Leeuwenhoek, as the true source of conception. — 1997

forms

animalculists · more animalculist · most animalculist

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