Home › Words › O › ovismovismovism means the belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.EtymologyFrom Latin ovum (“egg”) + -ism.nounThe belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.e.g.“Above all, ovism seems to us utterly impossible: how could every human being that ever existed or ever will exist be contained, fully formed, within Eve's ovaries?” — 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 238:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ovistic 73% match — Relating to ovism. vs ovism →ovology 66% match — The study of eggs. vs ovism →ovopathy 62% match — disease of the ovum vs ovism →ovological 60% match — Of or relating to ovology. vs ovism →afteregg 59% match — A meroblastic egg, ovum, or ovule which has acquired its store of foodyolk, or been otherwise modified from its original primitive condition as an egg-cell or protovum vs ovism →ovogenic 59% match — Relating to ovogenesis vs ovism →ovoviviparism 58% match — The quality of being ovoviviparous. vs ovism →ovarious 58% match — Pertaining to or made up of eggs. vs ovism →