Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adherent of the doctrine of incasement in the female: the opposite of
spermist or animalculist. Alsoovist . Seeincasement .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A believer in the theory (called
encasement theory ), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also calledovist .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, historical A
believer in thetheory (called "encasement theory") that theegg was the realanimal germ , and that at the time offecundation thespermatozoa simply gave theimpetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which allgenerations were enclosed one within the other.
Etymologies
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ovule + -ist
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Examples
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Haller, the ovulist, who had great authority as a physiologist, in a famous work, _Elementa physiologiae_, upheld the principle vigorously:
Spontaneous Activity in Education Maria Montessori 1911
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