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Definition of: preformation
(prē′fôr·mā′shən) noun
1. The act of preforming; the state of being formed in advance.
2. Biol. An early theory of generation according to which an organism exists fully preformed in the germ, developing only by increase in size. Compare EPIGENESIS.
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