HOMUNCULUS

homunculus

(noun) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell

manikin, mannikin, homunculus

(noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

homunculus (plural homunculi)

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

Source: Wiktionary

Ho*mun"cu*lus, n.; pl. Homunculi. Etym: [L., dim. of homo man.]

Definition: A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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