An`i*mal"cu*lism (?), n. [Cf. F.
animalculisme.] (Biol.) The theory which seeks to
explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of
animalcules.
An`i*mal"cu*lism (?), n. (Biol.)
The theory that the spermatozoön and not the ovum contains
the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to
ovism.