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preformation

N ทฤษฏี การ มี รูปร่าง สมบูรณ์ อยู่ ก่อน  การ เกิดขึ้น ก่อน 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREFORMATION

PREFORMATION Pre `for *ma "tion, n. (Biol.)

 

Defn: An old theory of the preëxistence of germs. Cf. Emboîtement.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

preformation

pre for ma tion |ˌprēfôrˈmāSHən ˈˌpriˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən | noun the action or process of preforming something. Biology, historical the theory, now discarded, that an embryo develops from a complete miniature version of the organism. Often contrasted with epigenesis. DERIVATIVES pre for ma tion ist |-ist |noun & .adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

preformation

pre |form |ation |priːfɔːˈmeɪʃ (ə )n | noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of preforming something. Biology, historical the theory, now discarded, that an embryo develops from a complete miniature version of the organism. Often contrasted with epigenesis. DERIVATIVES preformationist noun & adjective