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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WEISMANNISM
WEISMANNISM
Weis "
mann
*
ism,
n. (Biol.)
Defn:
The
theories
and
teachings
in
regard
to
heredity
propounded
by
the
German
biologist
August
Weismann,
esp.
in
regard
to
germ
plasm
as
the
basis
of
heredity
and
the
impossibility
of
transmitting
acquired
characteristics; --
often
called
neo-Darwinism.
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