Speakur

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ovism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ovism
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”) + -ism.

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Frequently Paired Words

ovist ovum ova preformationism spermism

Synonyms

ovulism

Questions

What does ovism mean?
The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.
Where does ovism come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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