homunculus

• 指非常小的人，常用于历史或科学语境中，描述微型的完整人形个体，或早期理论中认为存在于精子内的微型人。

A noun referring to a very small human being, often used in historical or scientific contexts to describe a miniature person or a tiny, fully formed individual once theorized to exist in a sperm cell.

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1. Very small personC1formal

   A human being of extremely small stature, but without any other physical deformities or abnormalities.

   侏儒

   • The circus featured a homunculus who was no taller than a child.
   • In the story, a homunculus lived in a tiny house built just for him.
   • The term homunculus is sometimes used to describe a very small but otherwise normal person.

   同义词dwarflilliputianmanikinmidget

   反义词giant

2. Preformation theory entityC2formal

   A tiny, fully formed human believed, according to the now-discredited theory of preformation, to exist inside a sperm cell.

   小矮人

   • The preformation theory suggested that a homunculus was contained within the sperm.
   • Scientists later disproved the existence of the homunculus in reproductive biology.
   • The concept of the homunculus was a key part of early embryological thought.