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2. a small model of a man used especially for demonstrating anatomy.3. the human fetus.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ho|mun|cu|lus
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lus — abac·u·lus; aceph·a·lus; acer·vu·lus; ac·i·doph·i·lus; ac·ti·no·ba·cil·lus; ac·u·le·o·lus; aero·ba·cil·lus; aes·cu·lus; ag·ri·lus; al·a·lus; al·lo·phy·lus; al·ti·ca·me·lus; al·ve·o·lus; am·e·lus; amor·pho·phal·lus; am·phib·a·lus; amyg·da·lus;… … English syllables
mun — anon·y·mun·cule; an·te com·mun·ion; bar·ra·mun·da; co·a·ti·mun·di; coo·ta·mun·dra; gud·mun·dite; ho·mun·cu·lar; ho·mun·cu·lus; im·mun·ist; in·ter·mun·di·al; in·ter·mun·di·um; kee·mun; mun·ce·ri·an; mun·chau·sen; mun·chau·sen·ism; mun·cheel;… … English syllables
Albert de Mun — Parlementaire français Date de naissance 28 février 1841 Date de décès … Wikipédia en Français
homunculus — ho·mun·cu·lus … English syllables
cu — acal·cu·lia; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·tion; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tor; ac·cu·ra·cy; ac·cu·rate; ac·cu·rate·ly; ac·cu·rate·ness; ac·cu·sa·tion; ac·cu·sa·ti·val; ac·cu·sa·trix; ad·os·cu·la·tion; aes·cu·la·ce·ae; aes·cu·la·pi·an;… … English syllables
ho — ago·ho; aho·le·ho·le; arap·a·ho; bon·ho·mie; bon·ho·mous; co·ho; co·ho·ba; co·ho·bate; co·ho·ni·na; da·ho·mey; eind·ho·ven; fraun·ho·fer; hal·chid·ho·ma; HO; Ho; ho·bart; ho·bo·he·mia; ho·bo·ism; ho·dag; ho·di·er·nal; ho·do·graph; ho·do·scope;… … English syllables
homunculus — 1. An exceedingly minute body which, according to the views of development held by some medical scientists of the 16th and 17th centuries, was contained in a sex cell. From this preformed but infinitely small structure the human body was thought… … Medical dictionary
Homunkulus — Ho|mụn|ku|lus 〈m.; , ku|li〉 1. kleiner Mensch, Menschlein 2. 〈in Goethes „Faust“〉 künstlich erzeugter Mensch [<lat. homunculus „Menschlein“, Verkleinerungsform zu lat. homo „Mensch“] * * * Ho|mụn|ku|lus, der; , se u. …li [lat. homunculus =… … Universal-Lexikon
homunculus — ho•mun•cu•lus [[t]həˈmʌŋ kyə ləs, hoʊ [/t]] n. pl. li [[t] ˌlaɪ[/t]] 1) a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon 2) psl cog a graphic… … From formal English to slang
Homunculi — Homunculus Ho*mun cu*lus, n.; pl. {Homunculi}. [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
