See Also: ovist(medicine)
ovist(dictionary)

ovist (iou)



ovist noun. M19.
[from OVI-1 + -IST.]
Biology (now Hist.). An advocate of the theory that the ovum holds all the material necessary for development of the embryo, the sperm merely initiating the process. Cf. SPERMATIST.
ovism noun the theory of the ovists L19.
o'vistic adjective L19.