Transformism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter. countable, uncountable

    "In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom."

  2. 2
    Synonym of trasformismo. countable, uncountable

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anabolismavatarcatabolismcatalysisdisplacementmetabolism

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"From zoology has arisen the study of transformism, which now dominates the whole of biology."

Etymology

From transform + -ism.

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