Usually means: Belief in superiority of eggs.
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▸ noun:  (now historical) The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.

Similar:
animalculism, monogenesis, ovoviviparism, spermism, ovoviviparity, oogenesis, oviparity, holoblast, ovogenesis, oviparousness, more...

Opposite:
spermism, spermocentrism

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Similar:
animalculism, monogenesis, ovoviviparism, spermism, ovoviviparity, oogenesis, oviparity, holoblast, ovogenesis, oviparousness, more...

Opposite:
spermism, spermocentrism



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