preformation
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Noun
- A theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
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| 1 | information | 4 | 269 |
| 2 | preparation | 4 | 54 |
| 3 | formation | 3 | 37 |
| 4 | transformation | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | formulation | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | restoration | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | formations | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | reformation | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | deformation | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | procreation | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | reaffirmation | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | reformatory | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | perforations | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | perforation | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | proration | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | reforestation | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | prostration | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | permutation | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | perforating | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | reconfirmation | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | prefabrication | 5 | 0 |
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