See Also: weismannism(medicine)
Weismannism(dictionary)

Weismannism (iou)



Weismannism noun. obsolete exc. Hist. Also weismannism. L19.
[from August F. L. Weismann (1834-1914), German biologist + -ISM.]
A theory of evolution and heredity propounded by Weismann, esp. in regard to the continuity of the germ-plasm and the non-transmission of acquired characteristics.
Weismannian [-'man-] adjective of or pertaining to Weismann or his theory E20.