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Animalcule vs Animalculism - What's the difference?

animalcule | animalculism |

As nouns the difference between animalcule and animalculism

is that animalcule is a minute or microscopic animal or protozoan while animalculism is a theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.

animalcule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) A minute or microscopic animal or protozoan.
  • (archaic) A tiny animal, as a mouse or insect (fly, mosquito, midge).

    • Synonyms

    * animalculum

    Hyponyms

    * eye animalcule * globe animalcule * rotifer or wheel animalcule * paramecium or slipper animalcule * stentor or trumpet animalcule * peritrich or bell animalcule * heliozoa or sun animalcule * amoeba or proteus animalcule

    animalculism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
    • (Webster 1913)