Search Result:preformation
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏprifɒr`mєʃәn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˏpri:fɒ:ˋmєiʃәn 〕
Overview of noun preformation
The noun preformation has 1 sense
- preformation, theory of preformation -- (a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell)