Definition of preformations Preformations
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What does preformations mean?
Wiktionary 
- preformations (Noun)
Plural of preformation.
WordNet
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| 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 | ||
| theory of preformation | ||
| theory a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales" | ||
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Wiktionary
- preformation (Noun)
Prior formation.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- preformation (n.)
An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.
