ovist

As nouns the difference between terms and ovist

is that terms is while ovist is (historical) one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm.

As nouns the difference between ovist and ovest

is that ovist is one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm while ovest is the mast and acorns of the oak; the turn-out.

As nouns the difference between ovist and ovism

is that ovist is (historical) one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm while ovism is the belief held by ovists.

As nouns the difference between odist and ovist

is that odist is a writer of an ode or odes while ovist is one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and ovist

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while ovist is (historical) one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm.

Ovist is a synonym of ovulist.

As nouns the difference between ovist and ovulist

is that ovist is (historical) one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm while ovulist is (biology|historical) a believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were enclosed one within the other.

As nouns the difference between sperm and ovist

is that sperm is (uncountable) semen; the generative substance of male animals while ovist is (historical) one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm.

As nouns the difference between ovum and ovist

is that ovum is (label) the female gamete in animals; the egg cell while ovist is (historical) one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm.

In historical terms the difference between ovist and spermist

is that ovist is one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm while spermist is one who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum.