preformation in English
noun
1
the action or process of preforming something.
The classification also encompasses physiological processes that are underlying phenomena of preformation and neoformation.
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1. The preformation of the abscission zone is still present in all lateral buds during bud dormancy.
2. Animalcule An obsolete, nonspecific term for: (1) Any microscopic organism; (2) Any “core” organism of the now-discarded preformation theory.
3. 3 The early nineteenth century saw major developments in embryology, which challenged the mechanical concept of generation and overthrew the preformation theory.