preformation

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɹiːfɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun

countable uncountable historical

Prior formation. / (biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).

Japanese Meaning

事前の形成、予め構造が整えられている状態 / （生物学）個体が卵または種子の形で完全に形成されており、発生過程では単にサイズが拡大するだけという説、先形成説

What is this buttons?

Early naturalists advocated preformation, insisting that organisms were created in advance as miniature versions of themselves.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

初期の博物学者たちは事前形成を主張し、生物が最初から縮小された完全な形で存在すると主張していた。

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Sense（1）

Prior formation.

Sense（2）

Preformation, as even Aristotle spotted, merely postpones the problem, for how did the homunculus get its shape?

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preformations

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