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- 6 dictionary resultsho⋅mun⋅cu⋅lus
[huh-muhng-kyuh-luh
s, hoh-]
–noun, plural -li [-lahy]
.
. | 1. | an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist. |
| 2. | a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon. |
| 3. | a diminutive human being. |
| 4. | the human fetus. |
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Homunculus
Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Homunculi. [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne.
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homunculus
1656, from L., lit. "little person," from homo(gen. hominis) "man, human being" + -culus, dim. suffix, source of Eng. -cle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ho·mun·cu·lus
Pronunciation: hO-'m&[ng]-ky&-l&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ho·mun·cu·li /-"lI, -"lE/
: a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation was held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individualmerely by an increase in size
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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homunculus ho·mun·cu·lus (hō-mŭng'kyə-ləs, hə-)
n. pl. ho·mun·cu·li (-lī')
- A diminutive human.
- A miniature, fully formed individual which adherents of the early biological theory of preformation believed to be present in the sperm cell.
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