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ovism |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ovism \O"vism\, n. [Ovum + -ism.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 spermatozo["o]n; -- opposed to {spermism} or {animalculism}.