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(n.) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; - opposed to spermism or animalculism.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ovism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/ovism.html. 1828.
 
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