ovism

English

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

ovism (uncountable)

  1. (now historical) The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo. [from 19th c.]
    • 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin 2016, p. 238:
      Above all, ovism seems to us utterly impossible: how could every human being that ever existed or ever will exist be contained, fully formed, within Eve's ovaries?
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