Ovist

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  • n. One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A believer in ovism. Same as ovulist.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as ovulist: opposite of spermist or animalculist. See incasement.
    • Word Usage
    "Yet Harvey's ovist theory, together with the exact — and exacting — method in physiology that he himself did so much to accredit, posed the problem of generation in a new light by making paramount the discovery of the “eggs” belonging to each animal spe - cies."
    Variant
    ovulist   
     
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