preformation (English, noun)
expansion: preformation (countable and uncountable, plural preformations)
Senses:
glosses: Prior formation.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Forms:
form: preformations
tags: plural
form: praeformation
tags: alternative