English dictionary
weismannism
/'v/aI/sm/@/,n/I/z/@/m/
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noun
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The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August <i>Weismann</i>, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called <i>neo- Darwinism</i>.
Source: webster1913