Preformation
Pronunciation : Pre`for*ma"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An old theory of the pre?xistence of germs. Cf. Embo?tement.
(Biol.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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