Medical term:
emboitement
pre·for·ma·tion the·o·ry
archaic theory that the embryo was fully formed in miniature within a gamete at the time of conception.
See also: homunculus. Compare: epigenesis.
See also: homunculus. Compare: epigenesis.
Synonym(s): emboitement, incasement theory
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