homunculus.
homunculus (a legendary figure resembling a little man, who was said to be created through alchemy)
Meaning & usage
homunculus (a legendary figure resembling a little man, who was said to be created through alchemy)
homunculus (the little man believed by preformationists to be inside human sperm)
homunculus (nerve map realized as a distorted representation of the human body)
homunculus corticale
homunculus motorio
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin homunculus (“little man”). Compare the adapted borrowing omuncolo.
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