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ovulist — OVULÍST s.m. Biolog care socotea că în ovul se găsesc în stare miniaturală organele şi structura organismului adult. [cf. fr. ovuliste]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN OVULÍST s. m. biolog preformist care socotea că în ovul se… … Dicționar Român
ovulist — ovu·list … English syllables
ovulist — ˈävyələ̇st also ˈō , ˌvyül noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ovule + ist; probably originally formed in German : ovist … Useful english dictionary
ovist — Ovulist O vu*list, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Encasement — En*case ment, n. [Cf. {Casement}.] 1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to embo[^i]tement. See {Ovulist}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ovist — O vist, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A believer in ovism. Same as {Ovulist}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
