Spermism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]