Ovism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo. historical, uncountable

    "Above all, ovism seems to us utterly impossible: how could every human being that ever existed or ever will exist be contained, fully formed, within Eve's ovaries?"

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"Above all, ovism seems to us utterly impossible: how could every human being that ever existed or ever will exist be contained, fully formed, within Eve's ovaries?"

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”) + -ism.

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