(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Nov 14 2005 at 2:56:42

Sperm"ism (?), n. [Gr. &?; seed, sperm + -ism.] (Biol.)

The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoon contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.

 

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