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Preformation - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun preformation

is prior formation.

preformation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Prior formation.
  • (biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to (epigenesis).
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 174:
  • *:Preformation , as even Aristotle spotted, merely postpones the problem, for how did the homunculus get its shape?

    • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.