'Spermism' definitions:

Definition of 'Spermism'

From: GCIDE

Spermism \Sperm"ism\, n. [Gr. ? seed, sperm + -ism.] (Biol.) The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoon contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]