homunculus
ho·mun·cu·lus
noun
2.
a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
Origin
Borrowed from Latin homunculus, from homō (“man”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Phrases
- cortical homunculus
- homunculus argument
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