Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A special student of animalcules; one versed in the study of animalcules.
- noun An adherent of animalculism or the physiological theory of incasement in the male; a spermist. See
incasement .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
- noun A believer in the theory of animalculism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One versed in the knowledge of
animalcules . - noun A believer in the
theory ofanimalculism .
Etymologies
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animalcule + -ist
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bilby commented on the word animalculist
Spermist?
December 17, 2012
Gammerstang commented on the word animalculist
(noun) - One who attempts to explain different physiological or pathological phenomenon by means of animalcules microbes. --Robley Dunglison's Dictionary of Medical Science, 1844
April 23, 2018